Misc Traditional – Lassie Wi The Yellow Coatie (Guitar)

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Written as a poem by James Duff around 1810 with the tune added later, but the tune is said to be older than the poem, most likely around the 1640s. -Irish-folk-songs.com [Chorus]
G              C
[tab]G             D7
Will ye wed a moorland jockie

G              C
Lassie wi the yellow coatie

G                 D7     G
Will ye busk and gang wi me
[Verse 1]
G              C
I ha meal and milk in plenty

G              D7
I ha kale and cakes fee dainty

G             C
I've a but an ben fee gentry

G             D7        G
But I want a wife like thee
[Chorus]
G              C
Lassie wi the yellow coatie

G             D7
Will ye wed a moorland jockie

G              C
Lassie wi the yellow coatie

G                 D7     G
Will ye busk and gang wi me
[Verse 2]
G             C
Tho my mallen be but small

G             D7
Little gold I hae to show

G               C
I've a heart without a flaw

G               D7      G
And I'd gie it all tae thee
[Chorus]
G              C
Lassie wi the yellow coatie

G             D7
Will ye wed a moorland jockie

G              C
Lassie wi the yellow coatie

G                 D7     G
Will ye busk and gang wi me
[Verse 3]
G            C
Wi my lassie and my doggy

G                 D7
O'er the lea an' through the boggie

G                   C
Nane on earth would be sae vaunty

G               D7       G
Or as blythe as we might be
[Chorus]
G              C
Lassie wi the yellow coatie

G             D7
Will ye wed a moorland jockie

G              C
Lassie wi the yellow coatie

G                 D7     G
Will ye busk and gang wi me
[Verse 4]
G               C
Haste ye lassie tae my bossom

G               D7
While the roses are in blossem

G                 C
Time is precious, dinna lose them

G                     D7      G
Flo'ers will fade and so will ye
[Chorus]
G              C
Lassie wi the yellow coatie

G             D7
Will ye wed a moorland jockie

G              C
Lassie wi the yellow coatie

G                 D7     G
Will ye busk and gang wi me