(Joe Hickerson Version)
LIZZIE LINDSEY
Will you go to the Hielands Lizzie Lindsey
Will you go to the Hielands with me
Will you go to the Hielands Lizzie Lindsey
My bride and my darling to be.
Well to go to the Hielands with you sir
I dinna ken how that might be
For I know not the lands that you come from
Or the laddie that I would gaun wi.
Then up bespoke Lizzie's best woman
And a fine looking lassie was she
Had I but one mark in my pocket
It's Ronald that I would gaun wi.
Well lassie I think you're not clever
If you say that you dinna ken me
My name is Lord Ronald MacDonald
And I'm a laird of high degree.
Well she's kilted her skirts of green satin,
She's kilted them up to her knee
And she's gone with Lord Ronald MacDonald
His bride and his darling to be.
He took her high up on the mountain
And bade her look out to the sea
These lands are Lord Ronald MacDonald's
And his bride and his darling are ye. | (DT Version)
LIZZIE LINDSAY
"Will ye gang tae the hielands, Lizzie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae the hielands wi' me?
Will ye gang tae the hielands, Lizzie Lindsay,
My bride and my darling to be?"
Then I spoke tae Lizzie's old mother,
And a cantie old body was she,
"Mon, if I was as young as my daughter,
I'd gang tae the hielands wi' thee."
Then I spoke tae Lizzie's wee sister,
And a bonnie wee lassie was she,
"Mon, if I was as old as my sister,
I'd gang tae the hielands wi' thee."
"But to gang to the hielands wi' you, sir,
I dinna ken how who that may be,
For I ken no' the land that you live in,
Nor I ken no' the lad I'm goin' wi'."
"Oh, Lizzie, I maun you you maun ken little,
When I see that you dinna ken me,
My name is Lord Ranald McDonald,
I'm a chieftain of high degree the chief of the highland degree."
So she kilted her coats of green satin,
And she kilted them up to her knee,
And she's off of wi' Lord Ranald McDonald
His bride and his darling tae be. |