THIS IS NAE MY PLAID

CHORUS
O this is nae my plaid, my plaid, my plaid,
O this is nae my plaid, bonnie tho' the colour be.

1. The ground of mine wis mixed wi blue
   I got it frae the lad I lo'e
   He ne'er has gi'en me cause to rue
   An O the plaid is dear to me.
   
   
2. For mine was silky saft an warm,
   It rap't me roun frae arm to arm,
   An like himsel it bore a charm
   An O the plaid is dear to me.
   
   
3. Frae surly blasts it covers me
   He'll me himsel protection gie
   I'll lo'e him till the day I de'e
   His plaid shall aye be dear to me.
   
   
4. The time may come my ain dear lad
   When we will to the kirk and wad
   Wed happit in thy tartan plaid
   That plaid shall aye be dear to me.
   
   
5. For this will then be my plaid
   My plaid my plaid
   O this will then be my plaid
   An while I live shall ever be.

Singer: Mrs MARGARET GILLESPIE — D

Source: Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, #1063

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