Greig-Duncan 1362 B

TO ROW ME FRAE THE WA

1. I wish that my auld man were dead and a young man in his room.

2.Oh hold your tongue pretty Nancy till I gae to the toon
I’ll buy to you some china dishes likewise a satin gown.
There’s nae a lady in a’ the land wi’ you that shall compare
I’ll buy a little wee lap dog to follow your jaunting car.

3. The devel gae wi’ your lap dog yer jaunting car likewise
For a’ that I want is a young man wi’ twa black rolling eyes
Wi’ twa black rolling eyes and without a penny ava
That will tak me in his arms and row me frae the wa.

4. Before six months had come and gone then he began to waur
He killed my little wee lap dog and broke my jaunting car
And he has broke my china dishes my . . . . . . and a’
And surely I’ve repented my rowin frae the wa’.


Singer - Miss BELL ROBERTSON — Collected by Greig


#1362, page 156 in Volume 7 of the Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection