The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #54643   Message #2813341
Posted By: Rowan
15-Jan-10 - 10:54 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Bonnie Hieland Laddy / Highland Laddie
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie hieland laddy
Was you ever in [???], bonnie laddie, hieland laddie
Yankee boys are on the go (?), bonnie hieland laddie

was sung as
Was you ever in Callao, bonnie laddie, hieland laddie
Where the girls are all the go, bonnie hieland laddie

when I was a Melbourne shantyman in the early 70s.

Cheers, Rowan