Hi,

This was collected by Duncan about 1906 and appears in The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. It's related to the revision, "Maid and Soldier." I'm not sure of the identity of Mrs. Grieg.

"As I Went Owre Yon High, High Hill," from Mrs. Grieg, Greig-Duncan D

1. As I went owre yon high, high hill,
I met a bonnie lassie;
She looked at me and I to her,
And oh, but she seemed saucy.

Wi' my too rin in a, a reedle a,
Fal de dae ral i do, wi' my too rin an' a.

2. Faur are ye gaun, my bonnie, bonnie lass,
Faur are ye gaun, my honey,
Right modestly she answered me,
An' erran' to my mammie.

3. Faur is your hame, my bonnie, bonnie lass,
Faur is your hame, my honey?
Right modestly she answered me,
In a wee hoose wi'my mammie.

4. Will ye gang wi' me, my bonnie, bonnie lass,
Will ye gang wi' me, my honey?"
Right modestly she answered him,
I durna for my mammie.

5. Now sodger ye maun marry me,
Now's the time or never,
Sodger ye maun marry me,
Or I am done for ever."

6. I have a wife in my ain countree,
An' how could I abuse her,
I have a lass in every place
An' a girlie when I choose her.