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When I was full out nineteen years,
out nineteen years, out nineteen years,
When I was full out nineteen years,
I held my head fu' high, jo;
Then I resolv'd to take a lass,
Ne'er thought on what would come to pass,
Nor look'd in Matrimony's, glass,
till headlong down came I, jo.
out nineteen years, out nineteen years,
When I was full out nineteen years,
I held my head fu' high, jo;
Then I resolv'd to take a lass,
Ne'er thought on what would come to pass,
Nor look'd in Matrimony's, glass,
till headlong down came I, jo.
Before the fatal marriage day,
so keen was I, so keen was I,
I rested neither night nor day,
but wander'd up and down, jo.
To please her I took meikle care,
Ane would hae thought I sought nae mair
In the wide warld to my share,
but her wrapt in her gown, jo.
so keen was I, so keen was I,
I rested neither night nor day,
but wander'd up and down, jo.
To please her I took meikle care,
Ane would hae thought I sought nae mair
In the wide warld to my share,
but her wrapt in her gown, jo.
My own small stock did scarce defray,
did scarce defray, did scarce defray,
My own small stock did scarce defray
half of the marriage charge, jo:
For things belonging to a house,
I gave, till I ne'er left a souce;
O but I'm turned wond'rous douse,
And siller's nae sae large, jo.
did scarce defray, did scarce defray,
My own small stock did scarce defray
half of the marriage charge, jo:
For things belonging to a house,
I gave, till I ne'er left a souce;
O but I'm turned wond'rous douse,
And siller's nae sae large, jo.
