HOW CAN I KEEP MY MAIDENHEAD



My mither built a tiny house,

A tiny house, a tiny house

My mither built a tiny house

To keep me frae the men O.



cho: How can I keep my maidenhead

My maidenhead, my maidenhead

How can I keep my maidenhead

Amang sae many men, O?



The walls fell in and I fell out,

And I fell out, and I fell out;

The walls fell in and I fell out

Amang the merry men O.



cho:



The Captain bad a guinea for't

A guinea for't, a guinea for't

The Captain had a guinea for't

The Colonel he bad ten O.



cho:



But I'II do as mny minnie did,

My minnie did, my minnie did,

But I'II do as my minnie did

For silver I'l hae none, O



cho:



I'll give it to a bonnie lad

A bonnie lad, a bonnie lad;

I'll give it to a bonnie lad

For just as good again O.





final cho:

An auld moulie maidenhead

A maidenhead, a maidenhead

An auld moulie maidenhead

The weary wark I ken, O



Collected by Burns (and slightly altered); this (earlier) version

from Sharpe's Ballad Book, 1824

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