Aince Upon A Time

Christine Stewart: vocal; Jim Reid: guitar & mouthorgan; Jim Brown, Harry Scott and Jim Thomson: accordions; Geordie Anderson: fiddle; Christine Stewart: guitar and Sandy Beattie: double bass

An old traditional Scottish song.

1: Aince upon a time when I was young and bonnie, Aince I had a bonnie lad but noo I haena ony; When I wis cook aboot the hoose and he wis but a laddie, I gied him aa my breid an ale tae be my bairnie's daddy. 2: Noo ma mistress oft times says tae me and weel I ken she's richt O, I maun be safe in the hoose afore 'twas candlelicht O; Johnny took me for his ain and I wis weel contentit, Noo these nichts are passed and gone, oft times I repent it. 3: For Johnny he is lang syne gane and thinks on me nae mair O, I maun seek another man tae faither Johnny's bairn O; Dinna ye think ma bonnie lad that I am mad aboot ye, For I can dae wi a man or I can dae withoot ye. 4: So lassies aa tak heed o me when the threshing time it fa's O, Be share ye gaither in the grain and no the chaff that blaws O; When I wis cook aboot the hoose and he wis but a laddie, I gied him aa my breid an ale tae be my bairnie's daddy.