Sweet Willie And Fair Annie

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Sweet Willie and fair Annie sat ae 
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day on a hill
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Though they had sitten seven lang 
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year, they ne'er wad had their fill
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Sweet Willie said a word in haste 
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and Annie took it ill
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"I winna wed a tocherless maid 
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against ma mither's will"

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"For ye're come o' the rich, Willie,
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 and I'm come o' the poor
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I'm ower laich tae be your bride 
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an' I winna be yer hooer"
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So Annie's gane in 'til her bower, 
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and Willie doon the den
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And he's come 'til his mither's 
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bower by the lee licht o' the moon
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"Oh, sleep ye, wake ye, mither?" he
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 says, "Or are ye the bower within?"
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"I sleep richt aft, I wake richt 
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aft, whit want ye wi' me, son?
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Whaur hae ye been a' the nicht, 
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Willie? And war, ye've tarried lang"
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"I've been courtin' fair Annie, and
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 she is frae me gan"

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"There is twa maidens in a bower, 
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which o' them sall I bring hame?
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The nut-broon maid has sheep and 
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cows, fair Annie, she's got nane"
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"It's an ye wed the nut-broon maid,
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 I'll heap wi' gowd ma hand
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But an ye wed the fair Annie, I'd 
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straik it wi' a wand

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The nut-broon maid has sheep and 
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cows, fair Annie, she's got nane
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And Willie, for my benison, the 
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nut-broon maid bring hame"
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"Oh, I sall wed the nut-broon maid 
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and I sall bring her hame
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But peace nor rest atween us twa, 
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'til death sinder's again

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For sheep will die in cots, mither, 
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and owsen die in byre
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And what's this warld's wealth to 
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me, gin I get na ma heart's desire?"
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"Ye'll tell her to come tae 
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Willie's weddin' the morn at twel at
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Ye'll tell her to come tae Willie's
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 weddin', the heir o' Dublin toon"

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So he is on tae Annie's bower and 
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he's tirled at the pin
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Wha was sae ready as Annie hersel 
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tae open and let him in
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"It's I will come tae Willie's 
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weddin' the morn at twel tae dine
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It's I will come tae Willie's 
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weddin', though I'd raither it had 
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been mine

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So maidens, tae my bower come and 
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lay gowd on my hair
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And far ye laid ae plait afore, 
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ye'll now lay ten times mair
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Tailors, tae my bower come and 
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mak' tae me a weed
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And smiths untae my stable come and
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 shoe tae me a steed"

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At every tate o' Annie's horse, 
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there hang a silver bell
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There cam a wind oot frae the north
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 which made them a' tae knell
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Fan she came tae Marykirk and sat 
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down in the deas
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The licht that cam frae fair Annie 
enlichtened a' the place

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But up and stands the nut-broon 
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bride, jist at her faither's knee
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"Oh, fa is this, ma faither dear, 
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that blinks in Willie's ee?"
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"Oh, this is Willie's first true 
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love, afore he lovèd thee"
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"Gin that be Willie's first true 
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love, he micht hae latten me be"
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"Oh, far got ye the water, Annie, 
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that washes ye sae white?"
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"I got it in ma mither's wame, far 
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you'll ne'er get the like
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For ye've been washed in Dunny's 
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well and dried on Dunny's dyke
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And a' the water in the sea will 
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never wash ye white"

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Fan nicht was come, and day was 
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gane, and a' man boun' to bed
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Sweet Willie and the nut-broon 
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bride were in their chamber laid
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They werena weel lyen doon and 
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scarcely fa'an asleep
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Fan up and stands she, fair Annie, 
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jist up at Willie's feet

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"Weel brook ye o' your broom, broon
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 bride, atween ye and the wa'
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And sae will I o' my winding sheet,
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 that suits me best of a'"
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Sad Willie raise, pit on his 
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claise, drew 'til him hose and shoon
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And he is on tae Annie's bower by 
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the lee licht o' the moon

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The firsten bower that he cam 'til 
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there was richt dowie wark
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Her mither and her three sisters 
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were makin' her a sark
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The neisten bower that he cam 'til 
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there was richt dowie cheir
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He's lifted up the coverlet, fair 
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Annie lay streekit there

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"It's I will kiss yer bonny cheek 
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and I will kiss yer chin
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I will kiss yer clay-cald lip, but 
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I'll ne'er kiss woman again
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The day ye deal at Annie's grave, 
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the breid but and the wine
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Afore the morn at twel o'clock 
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they'll deal the same at mine"

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The tane was buried in Mary's kirk, 
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the tither in Mary's quire
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And oot o' the tane there grew a 
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birk, and oot o' the tither a briar
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And aye they grew, and aye they 
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drew, until the twa did meet
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And every ane that passed them by 
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said, "There's been lovers sweet"
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