Hi,

There are a few Scottish versions. This is the version of the Stewarts of Blairgowrie. The woman answers only in the last stanza.

Ower Yon Hill There Lives a Lassie- sung by Belle Stewart (1906-1997) of Blairgowrie, Perthshire in 1955. Learned from her older brother, who got it from an uncle in Perth.

Ower yon hill there lives a lassie
But her name I do not know.
And this nicht I will go an' see her,
Whether she be high or low.

Lassie I hae come to see thee,
Bur perhaps it is in vain,
But if you will kindly entertain me,
Sure maybe I'll call back again.

Oh Lassie I have got gold and silver,
Lassie I have got diamond stone
Lassie I have got the ships on the ocean,
And they'll be yours love if you'll be mine.

What care I for your gold and silver?
What care I for your diamond stone?
What care I for your ships on the ocean?
Sure all I want is a good young man.

Richie