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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