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Thread #14478   Message #1064698
Posted By: Susan-Marie
02-Dec-03 - 05:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ma Plaid (from The Poozies)
Subject: Lyr Add: MA PLAID
Well, I don't know if the fairy godmother is still out there, but I just bought the CD and can provide the lyrics. Then I have a question: just whose plaid is the singer wearing? SHe considers her true love's plaid to be "ma plaid" but she says she's not wearing it, so is she wearing her birth family's plaid, or is there a more intersting story like being held prisoner by another clan?

MA PLAID (trad.)

This is no' my plaid, my plaid, my plaid
This is no' my palid, bonnie though the colour be

The ground o' mine was mixed wi' blue
I got it frae the lad I lo'e
He ne'er has gied me cause tae rue
And oh the plaid is dear to me
For mine was silky soft and warm
It wrapped me round frae arm tae arm
And like himself it bore a charm
And oh the plaid is dear to me

Although the lad the plaid wha wore
Is now upon a distant shore
And cruel seas between us roar
I'll mind the plaid that sheltered me
The lad that gie'd me it like me well
Although his name I duarna tell
He likes me just as weel's himself
And oh the plaid is dear to me

Oh may the plaidie yet be worn
By Caledonians still unborn
Ill fa' the wretch whae'er shall scorn
The plaidie that's sae dear tae me
Frae surly blasts it covers me
He'll me himself protection gie
I'll lo'e him 'till tha day I die
And oh the plaid is dear to me

I hope he'll no' forget me now
Each aften pledged aith and vow
I hope he'll yet return to woo me
In the plaid sea dear tae me
And may the day come soon my lad
When we will tae the kirk and wed
Weel happit in the tartan plaid
The plaidie that's sae dear to me