Emily Smith - The Bleacher Lassie O' Kelvinhaugh lyrics

rate me

As I was walking one summer's evening

A walking doon by the Broomielaw

It's wha did I spy but a bonnie young lassie

She'd cherry cheeks aye, and a skin like snaw

Says I ma lassie will ye gan wi me?

I'll dress ye up in fifine satins braw

Oh no kind sir I would raither tarry

A wee bleacher lass, here on Kelvinhaugh

Oh lassie, lassie, ye are hard hairted

I wish your fair face I never saw

For I will go an' fifind another young lassie

Doon by the bleach fields o' Kelvinhaugh

Tis seeven years since I had a sweetheart

And seeven mair since I did him see

And seeven mair I will wait upon him

If he's alive he'll return to me

Oh lassie, lassie, ye hae been faithful

Oh lassie, lassie, ye hae been true

For I'm your young lad and single sailor

Wha's come afar for tae wed wi' you

If you're my young lad and single sailor

Your face and features seem strange to me

But seeven years makes great alteration

Ah the ragin' seas between you and me

It's noo this couple they hae got mairried

And run an ale hoose atween them twa

And the sailor lads they aye come drinkin

Tae the bleacher lass o' Kelvinhaugh