THE WEE LASS ON THE BRAE



SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer



SOURCE'S SOURCE: Merle Shlesinger (1986? FSGW Getaway)



COMMENTS: MS learned it from Maggie Pearce, I think. I

think MP knows another verse beside these.

A capella



TEXT:



As I was a-walkin' one fine summer's day

Oh, the fields they were in blossom and the meadows were gay

I met a wee lassie trippin' over the green

I took her for Helen, the Grec-i-an queen

The Grecian queen, the Grec-i-an queen

I took her for Helen, the Grec-i-an queen



She's admired by many, I know them right well

Each morning to view the sweet spot where she dwells

Beneath the downs at the brink of yonder hill

May she never marry, but think on me still

But think on me still, but think on me still

May she never marry, but think on me still



Oh, me parents dote on me, and it's all for their sake

And its ofttimes it causes my poor heart to break

But the more I think on them, the more I'm inclined to say

There's no one will be mine but the wee lass on the brae

The wee lass on the brae, the wee lass on the brae

There's no one will be mine but the wee lass on the brae



So it's fare thee well, me darlin', I love you the best

And may you be happy, and may you be blessed

And may you think on me when that I am far away

For there's no one will be mine but the wee lass on the brae

The wee lass on the brae, the wee lass on the brae

There's no one will be mine but the wee lass on the brae

In faith there is a decline(?) under yond forest sky

And straightway to my true love I surely will fly

And ....

And no one will be mine but the wee lass on the brae

The wee lass on the brae, the wee lass on the brae

There's no one will be mine but the wee lass on the brae



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