The Cooper O' Dundee



Ye coopers and hoopers, attend to my ditty,

I sing o'a cooper wha dwelt in Dundee;

This young man he was baith am'rous and witty,

He pleased the fair maids wi the blink o' his e'e.

He was nae a cooper, a common tub-hooper,

The most o'his trade lay in pleasin'the fair;

He hoopt them, he coopt them, he bort them, he plugt them,

An' a' sent for Sandy when out o'repair.



For a twelvemonth or sae this youth was respected,

An' he was as busy, as weel he could be;

But bus'ness increased so that some were neglected,

Which ruined trade in the town o'Dundee.

A baillie's fair daughter had wanted a coopin',

And Sandy was sent for, as oft time was he;

He yerkt her sae hard that she sprung an end-hoopin'

Which banish'd poor Sandy frae bonnie Dundee.

From MacColl, Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland

Collected by Burns

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