The Barkleys of Broadway movie - My One And Only Highland Fling lyrics

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Verse:<br>

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Though we're called a people of serious mind,<br>

'Tis often we dance and 'tis often we sing;<br>

And bein' as human as all humankind,<br>

We aren't superior to havin' a fling.<br>

I'm taking the fling of a lifetime,<br>

The fling of a husband and wifetime;<br>

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Male chorus:<br>

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When I went romancin',<br>

I gied no thought to any weddin' ring;<br>

Ev'ry bonny lassie was my highland fling.<br>

No chance was I chancin',<br>

I'm not the mon you dangle on a string,<br>

I was canny, waitin' for the real, real thing.<br>

Though I danced each girl<br>

In the twist and twirl<br>

Na' one would do,<br>

An' I went my way<br>

Till the fatal day<br>

In the fling I was flung with you.<br>

Oh, now my heart is prancin',<br>

Gay as a lord and happy as a king,<br>

The years I'll weather<br>

In the hame or on the heather,<br>

With my one and only highland fling.<br>

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*Gied - gave<br>

*Mon - man<br>

*Na' - not<br>

*Hame - home<br>

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Female chorus:<br>

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When I went a-dancin',<br>

No special lad I was encouraging;<br>

Ev'ry likely laddie was my highland fling.<br>

No glance I was glancin',<br>

Well, nothin' really worth the mentioning,<br>

Hopin', watchin', waitin' for the real, real thing.<br>

Though they spoke me soft<br>

In the moonlight oft,<br>

Na' one would do.<br>

Till it came to pass,<br>

To this lucky lass,<br>

In the fling I was flung with you.<br>

Oh, now my heart is prancin',<br>

Nothin' about you I'd be altering.<br>

The years I'll weather<br>

In the hame or on the heather,<br>

With my one and only highland fling.<br>

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*Na' - not<br>

*Hame - home<br>

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