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    Crookit Bawbee
    Album: Playing Nice Together
     
    Traditional
     
     
     
    "Oh! whar awa’ got ye that auld crookit penny?
    For ane o’ bricht gowd wad ye niffer wi’ me?
    Richt fu’ are baith ends o’ my green silken wallet,
    An’ braw will yer hame be in bonnie Glen Shee."

    "It’s oh! that I saw the dear laddie that had it,
    Wha when we were bairnies twa, gied it to me;
    For a’ the bricht gowd in yer green silken wallet,
    I never wad niffer my crookit bawbee."

    "Oh! whar awa’ got ye that auld worsted plaidie?
    A mantle o’ satin were fitter for thee;
    I wad cleed ye wi’ satin, an’ mak’ ye a lady,
    Gin ye will gang wi’ me to bonnie Glen Shee."

    "Ye may cleed me wi’ satin an’ mak’ me a lady
    An tak’ me aft wi’ ye to bonnie Glen Shee;
    But the heart that beats true ‘neath this auld worsted plaidie
    Was gi’en him lang syne for this crookit bawbee."

    "Ye ken na’ the laddie that gied ye the penny,
    Ye ken na’ the laddie wha’s true been to thee;
    But I ken the lassie that wears the auld plaidie,
    The lassie that keepit my crookit bawbee."

    "An’ ye are the laddie that gave me the penny,
    The laddie I'll lo’e till the day that I dee;
    Ye may cleed me wi’ satin, an’ mak’ me a lady,
    An’ I will gang wi’ ye to bonnie Glen Shee."

     
    Glossary
    ane: one
    auld: old
    awa': away
    bairnies: babies, children
    baith: both
    bawbee: penny or half-penny
    braw: handsome, fine
    bricht: bright
    cleed: clad, clothed
    crookit: crooked
    gang: go
    gin: if
    gowd: gold
    ken: know
    lo'e: love
    na': not
    niffer: trade
    twa: two
    wad: would
    whar: where

     

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