The McCalmans

Birnie Bouzle

Trad/James Hogg


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Gin ye'll marry me lassie at the Kirk o' Birniebouzle
Till the day you dee lassie, ye will ne'er repent it


Ye will wear when ye are wed a kirtle and a hieland plaid,
Sleep upon a heather bed, sae couthie and sae cantie.


Ye will gang sae braw lassie, tae the Kirk o' Birniebouzle
Little brogues and a' lassie , wow, but ye'll be cantie


Yer wee bit tocher is but sma', hodden grey will wear for a'
I'll save my siller tae mak ye braw an ye will ne'er repent it


Gin ye'll marry me lassie at the Kirk o' Birniebouzle
Till the day you dee lassie, ye will ne'er repent it



I'll hunt the otter and the brock, the hart, the hare, the
heathercock,
I'll pull ye limpets frae the rock, tae mak yer dishes
dainty


Gin ye'll marry me lassie at the Kirk o' Birniebouzle
Till the day you dee lassie, ye will ne'er repent it



Ye'll hae bonny bairns an' a', lasses fair and laddies braw,
Just like their mother, them ane and a' , and ye will ne'er repent it.


Gin ye'll marry me lassie at the Kirk o' Birniebouzle
Till the day you dee lassie, ye will ne'er repent it



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1st May 2001at 13:08



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