Lassie Wi the Yellow Coatie

Sung by Jim Reid on SPRCD 1015: 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.

1: "Lassie wi the yellow coatie,
Wud ye wad a muirland jockie?
Lassie wi the yellow coatie,
Wud ye busk and gang wi me?"

2: "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."

3: 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.

4: "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."

5: "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?"