The Happy Lover.
Song. In light vein.
’Twas in the guid auld simmer time,
When birdies sang sae cheery O,
Yae nicht I busket in my best,
An’ gaed tae meet my dearie O.
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Singin’ fal the dal, fal the didle al;
Singin’ fal the doo a di dee O.
I met her comin’ ower the muir,
I was richt gled tae see her O;
I kissed her twenty times an’ mair
Afore that I wad free her O.
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Her dainty heid weel filled wi’ sense
Aneath her cockernonie O;
Her hair the jet, her e’e the slae,
Her rosy cheeks sae bonnie O.
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Her lips sae sweet, her chin sae neat
Her teeth sae white an’ pearly O,
Her form the fairest o’ the fair,
Her voice jist like the merlie O.
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We’ll yokit be at Martimas,
Tae pu’ thro’ life thegither O;
That happy nicht we’ll ever mind
Amang the bloomin’ heather O.
CHORUS.