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'Twas in the month of sweet July |
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Before the sun had pierced the sky |
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Down between two rigs of rye |
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I heard two lovers talking |
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Said he Lassie I must away |
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Along with you I cannot stay |
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But I've a word or two to say |
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If you've the time to listen |
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Of your father he takes great care |
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Your mother combs your yellow hair |
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But your sisters say you'll get no share |
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If you follow me a stranger |
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My father may fret and my mother may frown |
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My sisters too I do disown |
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If they were all dead and below the ground |
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I would follow you a stranger |
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Oh lassie lassie your portion's small |
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Perhaps it may be none at all |
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You're not a match for me at all |
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So go and wed with some other |
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The lassie's courage began to fail |
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Her rosy cheeks grew wan and pale |
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And the tears come trickling down like hail |
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Or a heavy shower in the summer |
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This lad he being of courage fine |
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He's dried her tears and he's kissed her eyes |
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Saying weep no more lass you shall be mine |
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I said it all to try you |
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This couple they are married now |
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And they have bairnies one and two |
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And they live in Brechin the winter through |
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Aye and in Montrose in summer |
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The Rigs Of Rye - June Tabor |
