Misc Traditional – Miles To Dundee (Guitar)

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Cold winter was turnin' o'er moor and o'er mountain

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And wild was the surge on the dark rollin' sea

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When I met aboot daybreak a bonnie young lassie

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That asked me the road and the miles tae Dundee

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I said, "My young lassie, I canna weel tell ye

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The road and the distance I ne'er can weel gauge

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But if ye'll permit me tae gang a wee bittie

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I'll show ye the road and the miles tae Dundee

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At once she consented and gave me her air-m

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Nae a word did I speir wham that lassie might hear

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She appeared like an angel in feature and for-m

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As she walked by my side on the road tae Dundee

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At length with the howe of Strathmartine behind us

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The spires o' the toon in full view we could see

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She said, "Gentle sir, I can never forget ye

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For showin' me so far on the road tae Dundee.

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This ring and this purse please accept as a token

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And surely there's somethin' that ye can gi'e me,

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That in years to come I'll the laddie remember

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Who showed me the road and the miles to Dundee?"

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I took the gold pin frae the scarf on my bosom,

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And said, "Tak' ye this, in remembrance o' me",

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And bravely I kissed the sweet lips o' the lassie

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Ere I pairted wi' her on the road tae Dundee

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So here's tae the lassie, I ne'er will forget her

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Tae ilk a young laddie that's list'nin' tae me

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Never be sweir to convoy a young lassie

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Though it's only to show her the road tae Dundee