It's Aa Yin Tae Me

Ron Bissett of Falkland, Fife: On Autumn Harvest ah006: Old Songs & Bothy Ballads: Nick-knack on the Waa. Live from the Fife Traditional Singing Festival May 2007.

A little comic song that seems to have been quite well known in Fife and Tayside.

Chorus:
It's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no,
Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O.

1 Ma faither gien's a horse, ma mither gien's a coo,
Ma sister gien's a boar an ma brother gien's a soo;
So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no,
Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O.

2 I'll get wark fae the horse, mulk fae the coo,
Ham fae the boar an piggies fae the soo;
So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no,
Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O.

3 Ma faither gien's a cock, ma mither gien's a hen,
Ma sister gien's a robin, ma brother gien's a wren;
So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no,
Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O.
4 I'll get crawin fae the cock, eggies fae the hen,
Whistlin fae the robin, chirpin fae the wren;
So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no,
Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O.

5 Ma faither gien's a cat, ma mither gien's a moose,
Ma sister gien's a flech an ma brother gien's a louse;
So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no,
Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O.

6 I'll get fun fae the cat, chasin at the moose,
Clawin at the flech an scratchin at the louse;
So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no,
Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O.

Chorus:
It's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no,
Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O.

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