Alison Cross lives in yon tower
The ugliest witch in the north countrie
She's trysted me ae day 'til her bower
And mony's the braw spreech she made tae me

She showed me a mantle o reid scarlet
Weel wrocht wi gowd and fringes fine
Says, "Gin ye'll be my leman sae true

Lyrics:

Billy Taylor was a sailor, he was courtin' a fair lady
Instead of Billy gettin' married, he was forced untae the sea
But his bride soon followed after under the name of Richard Carr
Snow-white fingers, long and slender, covered ower wi' pitch and tar

Chorus (after

Clerk Saunders and May Margaret
Were walking on yon gravelled green
Sad and heavy was the love
I wot it fell this twa between

"A bed, a bed," Clerk Saunders said
"A bed, a bed for you and me"
"Oh no, oh no," the lady cried
"Until the day we mairrit be

For in w

It fell aboot the Martinmas time
When the wind blew shrill and cauld
Cried Edom o' Gordon tae his men
"We maun draw tae some hauld"

"Whit hauld, whit hauld," cried his merry men
"Whit hauld sal we gang tae?"
"It's tae Towie's Hoose that we maun ride
And see yon fair

The sun was shining on the English Channel, on a ferry off the coast of France
And it was summer and a pleasant morning, and high above gulls wheeled and danced
And high above the cliffs of morning, the gun emplacements had stood in ranks
And I walked over to the railings and heard t

The back of the winter is broken
And light lingers long by the door
And the seeds of the summer have spoken
In gowans that bloom on the shore

Chorus:
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
Sleep blows the breath of th

Oor lords have tae the huntin' gane
The huntin' o' the fallow deer
And they hae grippit Hughie Graham
For stealin' o' the bishop's mere

And they hae taen him hand and fit
And brocht him up through Carlisle toon
The toonsfolk cried oot aw at yince
Sayin', "Hugh the G

I dreamed last night of my true love
And in my arms I held her
But when I woke, I found she had gone
I lay awake without her

I went unto her father's gate
Enquiring for my darling
He said, "Young man, now you've made a mistake
I've no such in my keeping"

Then

Ma name is Jimmy Waddell, Ah wis born in Summerlee
A workin' Jo frae a miner's row as straight as Ah cin be
Gied nae thocht tae ma future or the trade Ah wis tae dae
Ma fem'ly's line was, "Tak yer time, ye'll soon find yer own way"

Faither kept me oot the mines, ma mither frae

There lived a lady in yon ha'
Scowan erla grae
Her name was Lady Lisa Bell
Far yorten han grun orla

The king, he has a-huntin' gane
Scowan erla grae
An' left his lady all alane
Far yorten han grun orla

The Elfin King wi' his dairt
Scowan erla grae
Pier

Oh the sun rises bright in France
And fair sets he
But he has lost the look he had
In my ain counterie
Gladness comes to many
As sadness comes to me
As I lookit ower the ocean wide
Tae my ain counterie

It's no my ain guilt
That saddens aye my ee
But the

Oft of a pleasant morning, sunshine all adorning
I heard a horn give warning with the birds' mellow call
Badgers flee before us, woodcooks startle o'er us
Guns in a ringing chorus amid the echoes all
The fox runs high and higher, horsemen shouting nigher
The maid in mourning

As I cam owre Strathmartine Mains
Wha dae ye think I seen?
But a braw young piper laddie
Cam a-linkin owre the green

Chorus (after each verse):
Singing hey Donald, ho Donald
Dirrum-a-doo-a-day

He played a jig and he played reel
And he played a sweet strathspey

Sweet Willie and fair Annie sat ae day on a hill
Though they had sitten seven lang year, they ne'er wad had their fill
Sweet Willie said a word in haste and Annie took it ill
"I winna wed a tocherless maid against ma mither's will"

"For ye're come o' the rich, Willie, and I'm c

"Mak' yer bed fu' broad, dear Thaney
Mak' yer bed fu' broad and wide
There will lie a southern suitor
And you shall be his bonnie bride"
"Faither dear, my bed is narrow
Narrow so it will remain
Never will I wed a stranger
I would raither lie my lane"

"Then I wil

A beggar, a beggar come o'er the lea
He was askin' ludgins for charity
He was askin' ludgins for charity
"Wad ye lo'e a beggar man O?
Lassie wi' my tow-row-ray"

"A beggar, a beggar I'll never ludge again
I had a dochter and Jeannie was her name
I had a dochter and J

There were three sisters lived in a booer
Hey ho bonnie
An' they a' went oot for tae pu' a flooer
On the bonnie banks o' Fordie

An' they hadna pu'ed a flower but yin
Hey ho bonnie
When it's up there stapped a banished man
On the bonnie banks o' Fordie

He's tae

There once was troop of Irish dragoons
Come mairchin' doon through Fyvie O
The captain's fa'en in love wi' a very bonnie quine
Her name that she had was pretty Peggy O

"Ah come runnin' doon the stairs, pretty Peggy, my dear
Come runnin' doon the stairs, pretty Peggy O
C

"I'll wager, I'll wager wi' you, fair maid
Five hundred merks and ten
That ye winna go tae the bonnie broom fields
And return back a maiden again"

Leatherum thee thou and aw
Madam, I'm wi' you
And the seal o' me be abrachee
Fair maiden, I'm for you

"I'll wager

Marianna o' the Howe was a young lassie wi' gowden hair
Sweet and honest, true and bonnie, and lover of one John Sinclair
Marianna met the factor at the dawning, at the fold
And he said, "Lie with me now, Marianna, and you will not want for gold"

"Well, I thank you for your off