Intro: C
verse 1
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'Twas in the month o' sweet July
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Before the sun had pierced the sky
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'Twas in between the rigs o' rye
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That I heard twa lovers a-talkin'
verse 2
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The lad said, "Lass I must away
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I have no longer time to stay
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Ah, but I've got word or two to say
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If you've the time to tarry"
verse 3
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"Your father loves you, he takes great care
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Your mother combs down your yellow hair
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But your sisters say that ye'll get nae share
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If ye gang wi' me, a stranger"
verse 4
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"Let my father fret and my mother curse
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My sisters' words I do disown
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For if they were deid and below the ground
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I would gang wi' ye, a stranger"
verse 5
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It's then she chanced to see his linen fine
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He's dried her tears and he kissed her syne
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Sayin' "Lassie, lassie, ye shall be mine
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I said it all to try thee"
verse 6
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This laddie being of courage bold
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A lad scarcely nineteen years old
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He's ranged the hills and the valleys o'er
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And he's ta'en his lassie wi' him
verse 7
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This couple they got married noo
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And they hae bairnies, one and two
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They live at Brechin the winter through
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And in Montrose in the summer