The Corries – Hunting Tower (Guitar)

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When ye gang awa', Jamie

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Far across the sea, laddie,

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When ye gang to Germanie,

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What will ye send to me, laddie?

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I'll send ye a braw new gown, Jeanie,

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I'll send ye a braw new gown, lassie,

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And it shall be o' silk and gowd,

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Wi' Valenciennes all round, lassie.

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That's nae gift ava, Jamie,

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That's nae gift ava, laddie,

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There's ne'er a gown in a' the land,

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I'd like when ye're awa, laddie.

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Your eyes were like a spell, Jeanie,

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Your eyes were like a spell, lassie,

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That ilka day bewitch'd me sae,

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I couldna help mysel', lassie.

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Gae back to your wife and hame, Jamie,

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Gae back to your bairnies three, laddie,

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And I will pray they ne'er may thole

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A broken heart like me, laddie.

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Dry that tearfu' e'e, Jeanie,

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My stor' is a' a lie, lassie,

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I've neither wife nor bairnies three,

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And I'll wed but thee, lassie.

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Think weel, before fear ye rue, Jamie,

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Think weel, for fear ye rue, laddie;

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For I have neither gow'd nor lands,

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To be a match for you, laddie.

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Blair in Athol's mine, Jeanie,

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Little Dunkeld is mine, laddie,

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St. Johnstoun's bower, and Huntingtower,

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And a' that's mine is thine lassie.

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|G |C | (fade out)