I think you mean the following [from The Joe Gordon Album (Glasgow: Kerr, cop.1959), p. 4, with music in staff and sol-fa]. Traditional melody, it says, words by Joe Gordon, well-known balladeer of the fifties & later. BONNIE WEE JEANNIE MCCOLL (Joe Gordon) [Chorus] A fine wee lass, a bonnie wee lass, is bonnie wee Jeannie McColl; I gave her ma mither's engagement ring and a bonnie wee tartan shawl; I met her at a waddin' in the Co-operative Hall, I wis the best man and she wis the belle o' the ball. [1] The very first night I met her she wis awfy, awfy shy, The rain cam' poorin' doon, but she wis happy, so wis I. We ran like mad fur shelter an' we landed up a stair, The rain cam' poorin' oot o' ma breeks, but och I didna care: For she's a [cho.] [2] Noo I've wad my Jeannie an' bairnies we hiv three, Twa dochters and a wee, we fellah that sits upon my knee. They're richt wee holy terrors an' they're never still fur lang, But they sit and listen every nicht while I sing this song [sic!] Oh it's a [etc.] If you need the tune, just ask. Fax? Snailmail? I'm not good at these newfangled codes and whatnot. Cheers Murray
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