Tannahill Weavers - The Gaberlunzie Man​/​Mrs. MacLeod of Rassay

Текст с Bandcamp’а: “Our hero arrives and is strongly “fancied“ by the heroine of the song. Being, presumably, a fine looking girl she attracts his attention, is rejected, and then proceeds to stick a patch over her eye and generally mess about with her appearance until she looks rough enough to completely steal the beggar’s heart. All ends happily enough, again depending on your outlook, when the young lady comes home again with her three young children. What happens to the gaberlunzie man we, unfortunately, never know. Let us presume that all’s well that ends well. A beggar a beggar came ower the lea He was asking lodgings for charity He was asking lodgings for charity Would ye loo a beggar man Lassie wi’ my tow row ray A beggar a beggar I’ll ne’er loo again I had ae dochter and Jeannie was her name I had ae dochter and Jeannie was her name She’s awa’ wi’ the beggar man Lassie wi’ my tow row ray I’ll bend my back and I’ll boo my knee I’ll put a black patch o’er my e’e And a beggar a beggar they’ll tak me tae be And along wi yoo I’ll gang Laddie wi’ my tow row ray Oh lassie oh lassie you’re far ower young And ye hinnae got the cant o’ the beggin tongue And ye hinnae got the cant o’ the beggin tongue And wi’ me ye winnae gang Lassie wi’ my tow row ray She’s bent her back and she’s boo’d her knee She’s put a black patch o’er her e’e And she’s kilted her skirts up abune her knee And awa’ wi’ him she’s gan Laddie wi’ my tow row ray Your dochter Jean’s coming ower the lea She’s takin’ hame her bairnies three She has yin on her back aye and another on her knee And the other yin’s toddlin’ hame Lassie wi’ my tow row ray from The Tannahill Weavers IV, released January 1, 1981 Traditional arr. Tannahill Weavers“