These are the original bothy ballad lyrics, as performed by Jim Reid on the simply amazing album "I saw the wild geese flee" Still available, see - http://www.musicscotland.com/cd/jim-reid-i-saw-wild-geese-flee-musicscotland.html If you have not heard this recording, you should (and I have no commercial connection) It's nothing to do with Bogheid - that's another song on the album """" BOGIE'S BONNIE BELLE Ae Witsuntide at Huntly toun, 'Twas there I did agree, Wi auld Bogieside, the fairmer, A sixmonths for tae fee. Noo Bogie wis a hungery chiel, An this I knew fu well; But he had a lovely dochter, An her name wis Isabelle. Noo Belle she wis the bonniest lass, In aa the countryside; It wis very soon I lost ma hert, Tae the Belle o Bogieside. An often in the summertime, I'd wander wi ma dear; Tae watch the trouties loupin, By Bogie's water clear. I taen her by the middle sma, An I ca'd her ma wee dear; 'Twas there I taen ma will o her By Bogie's water clear. Noo nine lang months had passed an gane, An she brocht forth a son; An auld Bogie he sent efter me, Tae see what could be done. I said that I wad mairry her, But na, that wad nae dae; For I'm nae match for Bogie's Belle, An she's nae match for me. An noo I've left auld Huntlyside, I've even broke ma fee; For I couldna bear tae see ma dear Condemned tae misery. Noo I hear she's wad tae a tinkler chap That cam ower fae Huntly toun; An wi jeely pans an ladles She scoors the country roun. An mebbe she's gotten a better lad, Auld Bogie canna tell; Sae fareweel ye lads o Huntlyside An Bogie's Bonnie Belle.
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