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Lassie wi the Yellow Coatie
Sung by Jim Reid on Jim Reid: I Saw the Wild Geese Flee
Words by James Duff (1916) and the tune said to be older. Trad. Arranged by Jim Reid/Springthyme Music © 1984
A song that has long been a favourite at ceilidhs, not only a lovely song, but a good old time waltz.
"Lassie wi the yellow coatie,
Wud ye wad a muirland jockie?
Lassie wi the yellow coatie,
Wud ye busk and gang wi me?"
"I hae meal and milk in plenty,
I hae kale and cakes fu dainty,
I hae a but and ben fu gentie, [i.e. comely
But I want a wife like thee."
Ower the lea and through the boggie,
Wi ma lassie and ma doggie,
Nane on earth wud be sae vogie, [i.e. happy
As ma lass and I wud be.
"Haste ye lassie tae ma bosom,
While the roses are in blossom,
Time is precious dinna lose them,
Flooers wud fade and so will we."
"Lassie wi the yellow coatie,
Wud ye wad a muirland jockie?
Lassie wi the yellow coatie,
Wud ye busk and gang wi me?
Wud ye busk and gang wi me?"
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