Ballads, English -- England -- Texts; Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts
"O gin that flower war in my breast, 5
For the love I bear the laddie;
I wad kiss it, and I wad clap it,
And daut it for Andrew Lammie.
"The first time me and my love met,
Was in the woods of Fyvie; 10
He kissed my lips five thousand times,
And ay he ca'd me bonny;
And a' the answer he gat frae me,
Was, My bonny Andrew Lammie!"
"'Love, I maun gang to Edinburgh; 15
Love, I maun gang and leave thee;'
I sighed right sair, and said nae mair,
But, O gin I were wi' ye!"
"But true and trusty will I be,
As I am Andrew Lammie; 20
I'll never kiss a woman's mouth,
Till I come back and see thee."
"And true and trusty will I be,
As I am Tiftie's Annie;
I'll never kiss a man again, 25
Till ye come back and see me."
Syne he's come back frae Edinburgh,
To the bonny hows o' Fyvie;
And ay his face to the nor-east,
To look for Tiftie's Annie. 30
"I ha'e a love in Edinburgh,
Sae ha'e I intill Leith, man;
I hae a love intill Montrose,
Sae ha'e I in Dalkeith, man.
"And east and west, where'er I go, 35
My love she's always wi' me;
For east and west, where'er I go,
My love she dwells in Fyvie.
"My love possesses a' my heart,
Nae pen can e'er indite her; 40
She's ay sae stately as she goes,
That I see nae mae like her.
"But Tiftie winna gi'e consent
His dochter me to marry,
Because she has five thousand marks, 45
And I have not a penny.
"Love pines away, love dwines away,
Love, love, decays the body;
For love o' thee, oh I must die;
Adieu, my bonny Annie!" 50
Her mither raise out o' her bed,
And ca'd on baith her women:
"What ails ye, Annie, my dochter dear?
O Annie, was ye dreamin'?
"What dule disturb'd my dochter's sleep? 55
O tell to me, my Annie!"
She sighed right sair, and said nae mair,
But, "O for Andrew Lammie!"
Her father beat her cruellie,
Sae also did her mother; 60
Her sisters sair did scoff at her;
But wae betide her brother!
Her brother beat her cruellie,
Till his straiks they werena canny;
He brak her back, and he beat her sides, 65
For the sake o' Andrew Lammie.
"O fie, O fie, my brother dear,
The gentlemen 'll shame ye;
The laird o' Fyvie he's gaun by,
And he'll come in and see me. 70
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