The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #33105   Message #439502
Posted By: toadfrog
12-Apr-01 - 11:33 PM
Thread Name: Traditional Music Question
Subject: Lyr Add: BOGIE'S BONNY BELLE
This is a song that really should be on DT.
BOGIE'S BONNY BELLE
Traditional

'Twas on a day in Huntley Toon, 'twas there I did agree
Wi' a Bogie sided fairmer a twelvemonth for to fee.
Old Bogie was a greedy man and that I knew full well,
But he also had a daughter. Her name was Isabelle.

Old Bogie had a daughter and her name was Isabelle
The lily of the valley and the primrose of the dell.
And when she went a-walking she choosed me for her guide,
Doon by the burn o' Kiarnie to watch the fishes glide.

When three long months were past and gone, the lassie lost her bloom.
The red fell from her bonny cheeks, and her eyes began to swoon.
And when nine months were past and gone, she brought forth to me a son,
And I was quickly sent for, to see what could be done.

I said that I would marry her, but oh no, that could nae be,
Sayin' you're nae match for my bonny Belle, and she's nae match for me.

So, noo she's married wi' a tinker chap, and he bides in Huntley Toon.
He mends pots and pans and paraffin lamps, and he scours the country round.

Maybe she's got a better match, Old Bogie can nae tell,
Fare ye weel, ye lads of Huntleyside and Bogie's bonny Belle.

The song is sung by Belle Stewart, the McPeakes and Ewan MacColl. I've forgotten how MacColl's version goes. The above is the mishmash of Stewart and McPeake versions that stuck in my memory. JWM