The Road Tae Dundee



SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer



SOURCE'S SOURCE: Gavin Anderson



COMMENTS: Hilary Brown says she'd heard lots more verses in her

Scottish girlhood, and quite risque, too; Ray Fisher knew

only these



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Cold winter was turnin' o'er moor and o'er mountain

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And wild was the surge on the dark rollin' sea

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When I met aboot daybreak a bonnie young lassie

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That asked me the road and the miles tae Dundee

I said, "My young lassie, I canna weel tell ye

The road and the distance I ne'er can weel ga[uge

But if ye'll permit me tae gang a wee bittie

I'll show ye the road and the miles tae Dundee



At once she consented and gave me her air-m

[arm

Nae a word did I spear wham that lassie might be

[spare whom

She appeared like an angel in feature and for-m

As she walked by my side on the road tae Dundee



At length with the howe of strath Martin behind us

[hollow of the Martin River valley

The spires o' the toon in full full view we could see

Then bravely I bid my fareweel tae the lassie

Ere I pairted wi' her on the road tae Dundee



So I took the gowd pin frae the scarf on my bosom

And said "Keep ye this in remembrance o' me

So in times to come ye'll the laddie remember

That walked by your side on the road tae Dundee



So here's tae the lassie, I ne'er will forget her

Tae ilk a young laddie that's list'nin' tae me

Never beswear to convoy a young lassie

Though it's only to show her the road tae Dundee



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