WHEN I WAS NOO BUT SWEET SIXTEEN



When I was noo but sweet sixteen,

In beauty just a bloomin', O

O little, little did I think

At nineteen I'd be greetin', O.





cho: For the plooman lads are gay weel lads

They're false and they're deceiving, O

They'll gang awa', they'll sail awa'

And leave their lasses greetin', O



If I'd a kent what I do ken

And done my mother's biddin', O

I would not be here at your fireside

Cryin' "Hishie ba, ma bairnie, O"



O, hishie ba, for I'm your ma,

But the Lord knows where's your daddy, O

But I'll take good care, and I'll be aware

O' the young men in the gloaming, O



When I was noo but sweet sixteen,

In beauty just a bloomin', O

O little, little did I think

At nineteen I'd be greetin', O.



@baby @lullaby @courtship @bastard

sung by Jean Redpath, Jeannie Robertson

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