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The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

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661<br />

<strong>The</strong>n come away, and dinna stay<br />

What gars ye look sae landart ?<br />

I'd have ye run, and not delay<br />

To join my father's standard !*<br />

DEAR AND A-WALY, HINNIE.<br />

Dear and a-waly, hinnie,<br />

Dear and a-waly, die,<br />

Dear and a-waly, hinnie.<br />

; ;<br />

It's braw milking the kye.<br />

I'll hae nae mair sour-milk suppers,<br />

I'll hae nae mair lappeis o' kail;<br />

But I'll hae the bonnie young lad<br />

That drinks the berry-brown ale.<br />

Dear and a-waly, &c.<br />

I'll hae nae mair sour-milk suppers,<br />

lil hae nae mair lappers o' whey<br />

But I'll hae the bonnie young lad<br />

That's carried my heart away.<br />

Dear and a-waly, &c.<br />

Summer's a seemly season<br />

<strong>The</strong>re's claver in ilka cleuch<br />

Sae merrily sings the mavis ;<br />

<strong>The</strong> burn rins ower the heuch.<br />

Dear and a-waly, &c.<br />

Sell hawkie, minnie,<br />

Sell hawkie, ye ;<br />

* An anecdote connected with this song is printed in the Historical Essay<br />

at the beginning <strong>of</strong> the collection.<br />

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