Six popular songs (1850-1860)/As I came down the Canno-gate
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As I Came Down the Canno-gate,
As I came down the Canno-gate,
The Canno-gate, the Canno-gate,
As I came down the Canno-gate,
I heard a lassie sing, O:
Merry may the keel rowe,
The keel rowe, the keel rowe,
Merry may the keel rowe,
The ship that my love s in, O.
My love has breath of roses,
Of roses, of roses,
With arms of lily posies,
To fauld a lassie in, O.
Merry may, &c.
My love he wears a bonnet,
A bonnet, a bonnet,
A snawy rose upon it,
A dimple on his chin, O
Merry may, &c