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Thread #42474   Message #617955
Posted By: Melani
29-Dec-01 - 01:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Trooper and the Maid... In English??
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Trooper and the Maid... In English??
I know a version of it from a very old Theodore Bikel record called "A Folksinger's Choice." (Notable for him in that all the songs are in English--or Scots, which is at least semi-understandable.) I can't remember all the verses, but the chorus goes:

Bonnie lassie, will ye lie near me,
Bonnie lassie, will ye lie near me?
An' I'll gar all your ribbons reel
In the mornin' ere I leave ye.

It's sort of fast-paced.