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Thread #52829   Message #809874
Posted By: Rosebrook
24-Oct-02 - 01:38 AM
Thread Name: Gin Ye Marry Me - meaning? (Kirk o' Birnie Bouzle)
Subject: Gin Ye Marry Me - meaning?
I've run across this song and have found it's lyrics, but I don't seem to have much of a grasp on the language. Can anyone "translate" for me?
Thanks much,
Rose

Gin Ye Marry Me
Gin ye marry me Lassie
At the Kirk called Birnie Bouzle
Till the day ye die lassie
Ye will ne'er repent it

Ye will wear when ye are wed
A girdle and a Hieland plaid
High above a heather bed
Sae coutle and sae canty

When ye gang with me Lassie
Tae the Kirk o' Birnee Bouzle
Little brogues an' a' Lassie
Vow but ye'll be canty

Gin ya marry me Lassie
At the Kirk called Birnie Boozle
Till the day ya die Lassie
Ye will ne'er repent it

Tho your tocher is but small
a hodden-grey will wear for tha'
I'll save my siller tae mak' ye braw
And Ye will ne'er repent it

When ye marry me Lassie
Tae the Kirk called Birnee Boozle
Little brogues an' a' Lassie
Oh but ye be canty

Gin ya marry me Lassie
At the Kirk called Birnie Boozle
Till the day ya die Lassie
Ye will ne'er repent it

I'll hunt the otter and the brock
The hart the hare the hearther-cock
And you alone will spay the rock
And mak' ye dishes dainty

When ye marry me Lassie
Die the Kirk called Birnee Boozle
Little brogues and all Lassie
Oh but ye be canty

Gin ya marry me Lassie
At the Kirk called Birnie Boozle
Till the day ya die Lassie
Ye will ne'er repent it