Seven Popular Songs (1826, Falkirk)/Roy's Wife
For other versions of this work, see Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch (Grant).
Roy's Wife.
Roy's wife of Aldivalloch,Roy's wife of Aldivalloch,Wat ye how she cheated me,As I cam' o'er the braes o' Balloch.
She vow'd, she swore she wad be mine,She said she loe'd me best of ony;But ah! the saucy fickle quean,She's taen the Carle and left her Johnie.Roy's wife, &c.
Her hair sae fair her e'en sae clear,Her wee bit mou sae sweet and bonnie,To me she ever will be dear,Tho she's for ever left her Johnie;Roy's wife, &c.
But O she was a canty quean,An' weel could dance the highland allochHow happy I had she been mine,Or I'd been Roy of Alnivalloch.Roy's wife, &c.