Because I searched for the lyrics here and couldn't find them...here they are. Copied wholesale from California State University at Fresno TO PAD THE ROAD WI' ME From John Ord, Ord's Bothy Songs and Ballads, pp. 78-79. Supplied by W. Malcolm of Arbroath. Says I, "My dearest Mollie, Come let us fix the time When you and I will married be, And wedlock us combine. When you and I get married, love, Right happy we will be, For ye are the bonnie lassie That's to pad the road wi' me." "To pad the road wi' you, kind sir; Cauld winter's coming on, Besides my aged parents Have ne'er a girl but one; Besides, my aged parents Have ne'er a girl but me, So I'm no the bonnie lassie That's to pad the road wi' thee." "Oh, never mind cauld winter, love, The spring will follow soon; Come sit ye down beside me, And I'll sing you a nice song. I'll sing you a nice song, While I diddle you on my knee, For ye are the bonnie lassie That's to pad the road wi' me." Saw she has donned her hose and shoon, And to the kirk they've gaen, And lang, ay lang ere morning That couple were made ane. And lang, lang ere the morning Her troubles were set free, For she's the bonnie lassie That's to pad the road wi' me."
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