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RICHARD THOMPSON lyrics : "Bogie's Bonnie Belle"

As A cam in by Huntly Toun
Ae mornin for tae fee
A fell in wi Bogie o Cairnie

An wi him A did agree

For tae caa his twa best horses

Or cairt or harrow or plou
Or dae onything about fairm wark
A very weil cud do


Auld Bogie had a dochter
Wha's name wis Isabelle

She wis the lily o the valley
An the primrose o the dell


Whan she went out walkin
She'd tak me for her guide
Doun by the burn o Cairnie

Tae watch smaa fishes glide

Bit whan five lang months wis past an gane

This lassie lost her blume
The reid fell frae her rosie cheeks
An her eyes began tae swoon


An whan nine lang months wis past an gane
She brocht forth tae me a son

An A wis quickly caad for
Tae see whit cud be done


A said that A wad mairrie her
Bit, och, that wadnae dae
He said, "Ye're nae match for ma bonnie Belle

An she's nae match for ye"

Sae nou she's marriet tae a traiveller chiel

Wha bides in Huntly Toun
He sells pots an pans an paraffin lamps
An he tramps the kintra roun


An if she's gotten a better match
Auld Bogie cannae tell

Sae fare weil ye lauds o Huntlyside
An Bogie's bonnie Belle

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