LAIRD OF THE DAINTY DOONBY



Oh, a lassie sat milkin' her faither's kye

When a gentleman on horseback, he come riding by

A gentleman on horseback, he come riding by

He was the laird of the dainty Doonby



"Well it's oh, Bonnie Lassie, and fit will ye dee

If I was tae lay aye nicht wi' ye?"

"A nicht wi' me, that would never, never dee

Though ye're the laird o' the Dainty Doonby"



Well it fell upon a day, and a bonnie summer's day

The day the lassie's faither some money had to pay

The day the lassie's faither some money had to pay

Tae the Laird o' the Dainty Doonby



"Well it's oh, good morning, an' how do ye do?

An hoo's yer dochter Janet aye noo?

Aye hoo's yer dochter Janet aye noo

Since I laid her in the Dainty Doonby?"



"Oh my lea Janet, she's no very weel

Oh my dochter Janet, she's unco' pale

Oh my dochter Janet, she cowks at her kail

Since you laid her in the Dainty Doonby"



So he's ta'en her by the lily-white hand

He's lead her through his rooms- there were twenty and one

He placed the keys in the bonnie lassie's hand

He says, "Ye're Lady o' the Dainty Doonby"



Well, it's ah," says the auld man, "and fit will a dae"

"Ah," says the auld wife, "I'll dance until I dee"

"Ah," says the auld man, "A think I'll dae it tae

Since she's the Lady o' the Dainty Doonby"



@Scots @courtship

recorded by Cilla Fisher and Artie Trezise

as sung by Lizzie Higgins

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