Misc Traditional – Bonny Caledpnia (Guitar)

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A sailor and his true love

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Lay doon tae mak their moan

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When in by came, ain o their countryman

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Sayin’ rise up my bonny lassie

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Make haste and come awa

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There’s a vessel lying bound for Caledonia

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Oh said the sailor, are ye willing for tae pay

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Five hundred guineas

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Afore on board ye go?

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I’ll pay them plack and farthing

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A fore on board I go

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If ye’ll tak me tae me bonny Caledonia

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Oh said the sailor her money we will take

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And when we’re on the sea

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We’ll throw her over deck

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Or sell her for a slave

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Lang ere she win ava

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And she’ll nere see her bonny Caledonia

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Well said the captain, well that’ll never do

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For there are nae slaves sold

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in tae our country now

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They’d hang us one and a’

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They would hang us every man

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If we sold her for a slave to Caledonia

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Well said the sailor she’s lying doon below

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She’s bound hand and foot

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Ready overboard to throw

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She’s bound hand and foot

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Ready overboard to throw

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And she’ll nae see her bonny Caledonia

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So away the captain, tae the fair maid he has gone

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Saying what is the reason

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That ye’re lying here sae lang

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An’ what is the reason

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That ye’re lying here at all?

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For you’ve paid your passage dear tae Caledonia

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Oh said the lassie, oh woe is me

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That ever I was born

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Sich hardships for tae see

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For the sailor's got a lassie

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He likes better far than me

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And it causes me to weep for Caledonia

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So away the captain, tae the sailor he has gone

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He’s ta‘en him by the neck

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And overboard, him has thrown

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Saying tak this cup o’ water

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Though the liquor be but small

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And drink your lassie’s health tae Caledonia

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They’ve sailed east and they’ve sailed west

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Until they reached the land

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That they a’ loved the best

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For the winds they did roar

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And the seas they did beat

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And they’ve all arrived safe to Caledonia

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Well they hadna been there

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But three quarters of a year

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When in fine silks and satin

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He’s made her for tae wear

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When in fine silks and satins

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He’s made her for tae go

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For she’s the captain’s wife in Caledonia

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Now she’s the captain’s wife in Caledonia