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Thread #172494   Message #4175324
Posted By: Joe Offer
23-Jun-23 - 09:16 PM
Thread Name: Am I Right About This? (Bonnie Bessie Logan)
Subject: ADD Version: Bonnie Bessie Logan (from MacLean)
Hi, Darren. Here's a link to Mainly Norfolk (click) which has a couple of versions of the song.

I didn't find "Bessie" on Dougie MacLean's Website, so here are the lyrics I found on one of "those" generic Internet Websites.

BONNIE BESSIE LOGAN

Bonnie Bessie Logan she's handsome, young, and fair,
And oh, the very wind that blows lingers in her hair;
She's lithesome, young, and lovely as she comes o'er the lea,
But Bonnie Bessie Logan was owre young for me.

Bonnie Bessie Logan, the lads all lo'ed her style,
And all come on afore her tae win her lovin' smile;
I fain would be among them but och that canna be,
For Bonnie Bessie Logan was owre young for me.

Bonnie Bessie Logan, she stole my heart awa',
And when I think upon her the tears doon softly fa';
For noo I lie wi' this ain until the day I die,
For Bonnie Bessie Logan was owre young for me.


I listened to this Dougie MacLean recording and cleaned up the generic transcription.

Generic transcription: https://genius.com/Dougie-maclean-bonnie-bessie-logan-lyrics