Elizabeth Marvelly - The Road And The Miles To Dundee lyrics

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Cold winter was howling o'er moorland and mountain

And wild was the surge of the dark rolling sea

When I met about daybreak a bonnie young laddie

Who asked me the road and the miles to Dundee

Said I, "My young laddie, I canna weel tell ye

The road and the distance I canna weel gie

But if you'll permit me to gang a wee bittie

I'll show you the road and the miles to Dundee"

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The laddie consented and gie me his airm

Not a word did I speir wha the laddie micht be

He appeared like an angel in feature and form

As he walked by my side on the road to Dundee

At length wi' the howe o' Strathmartine behind us

The spires o' the town in full view we could see

He said, "Gentle lassie, I can ne'er forget ye

For showing me far on the road to Dundee

[Brief Instrumental]

So here's to the laddie, I ne'er can forget him

And like a young lassie who's listening to me

O never be sweir to convoy a young laddie

Though it's only to show him the road to Dundee

To show him the road and the miles to Dundee<br />

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Thanks to razvan