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Thread #91268   Message #1724893
Posted By: *#1 PEASANT*
22-Apr-06 - 05:52 PM
Thread Name: Songs/Poems of Joe Wilson
Subject: Lyr Add: My Sweetheart
Me Sweetheart

                      Teun-"Gentle Jenny Gray."

                      Me sweetheart, she's a canny lass,
                      As canny as can be;
                      Her kind, gud heart's enchanted me--
                      Withoot her aw wad dee.
                      She likes te sing gud moral sangs,
                      Te charm the ear an' mind;
                      Her feators an' her bonny voice
                      Are both alike refined.

                      Korus.
                      Sweetly singin, glad hopes bringin
                      Te the sad an' weary heart;
                      Maw canny sweetheart, bonny lass,
                      May we nivvor, nivvor part!

                      Aw've seen her on a little stage,
                      At meetins where aw've been,
                      She'd raise her voice for Temparance
                      In melodies, between
                      The speeches gentlemen wad myek;
                      But her voice had the charm:
                      Thor seemed a lectur iv her sangs
                      Te keep us a' frae harm.

                      -Joe Wilson