Murison Manuscript, p. 74; Aberdeenshire.
| 1 |
'Aft hae I played at he cards and the dice,
It was a' for the sake o my laddie,
But noo I sit i my father's kitchie-neuk,
Singing ba to a bonnie bastard babbie. |
| 2 |
'Whar will I get a bonnie boy sae kin
As will carry a letter cannie,
That will rin on to the gates o the Boyne,
Gie the letter to my rantin laddie?' |
| 3 |
'Here am I, a bonnie boy sae kin,
As will carry a letter cannie,
That will rin on to the gates o the Boyne,
Gie the letter to your rantin laddie.' |
| 4 |
'When ye come to the gates o the Boyne,
An low doon on yon cassie,
Ye'll tak aff your hat an ye'll mak a low bow,
Gie the letter to my rantin laddie.' |
| 5 |
'When ye come to gates o the Boyne,
Ye'll see lords an nobles monie;
But ye'll ken him among them a',
He's my bonnie, bonnie rantin laddie.' |
| 6 |
'Is your bonnie love a laird or a lord,
Or is he a cadie,
That ye call him so very often by name
Your bonnie rantin laddie?' |
| 7 |
'My love's neither a laird nor a lord,
Nor is he a cadie,
But he is yerl o a' the Boyne,
An he is my bonnie rantin laddie.' |
| 8 |
When he read a line or two,
He smil d eer sae bonnie;
But lang ere he cam to the end
The tears cam trinklin monie. |
| 9 |
'Whar will I find fifty noble lords,
An as monie gay ladies,
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