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Thread #123229   Message #2712035
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
30-Aug-09 - 07:26 AM
Thread Name: Meaning: I'll dye my petticoat
Subject: Lyr Add: MORMOND BRAES
Bert mentions green: several songs about "goon o' green", usually indicating that the lady is unattached, as in the song he quoted.
And as in "Mormond Braes": she's been dumped, but not too worried:

MORMOND BRAES

As I gaed doon by Strichen toon,
I heard a fair maid mournin',
And she was makin' sair complaint
For her true love ne'er returnin'.
Chorus:
Sae fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes,
Where aft-times I've been cheery;
Fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes,
For it's there I've lost my dearie.

There's as guid fish intae the sea
As ever yet was taken,
So I'll cast my net and try again
For I'm only aince forsaken.
Chorus

There's mony a horse has snappert an' fa'n
An' risen again fu' rarely,
There's mony a lass has lost her lad
An' gotten anither richt early.
Chorus

Sae I'll put on my goon o' green,
It's a forsaken token,
An' that will let the young lads ken
That the bonds o' love are broken.
Chorus

Sae I'll gyang back tae Strichen toon,
Whaur I was bred an' born(in'),
An' there I'll get anither sweetheart,
Will marry me the morn(in').
Chorus