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Thread #172494   Message #4175325
Posted By: Joe Offer
23-Jun-23 - 09:37 PM
Thread Name: Am I Right About This? (Bonnie Bessie Logan)
Subject: RE: Am I Right About This? (Bessie Logan)
In Mudcat's QuickLinks dropdown menu, we have a Scots Glossary that may be helpful to you.

I interpret "For noo I lie wi' this ain until the day I die" as "Now I lie with 'this one' until the day I die." In other words, he chose somebody else, and he's stuck with her for life because they got married. And the term "this ain" implies at least a modicum of disdain, and regret for having married someone other than the partner of one's dreams.

The song is Roud 21824, which has three entries, all recorded.