Unknown - Road Tae Dundee Lyrics

The Road Tae Dundee

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer

SOURCE'S SOURCE: Gavin Anderson

COMMENTS: Hilary Brown says she'd heard lots more verses in her
Scottish girlhood, and quite risque, too; Ray Fisher knew
only these

TEXT:
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Cold winter was turnin' o'er moor and o'er mountain
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And wild was the surge on the dark rollin' sea
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When I met aboot daybreak a bonnie young lassie
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That asked me the road and the miles tae Dundee
I said, "My young lassie, I canna weel tell ye
The road and the distance I ne'er can weel ga[uge
But if ye'll permit me tae gang a wee bittie
I'll show ye the road and the miles tae Dundee

At once she consented and gave me her air-m
[arm
Nae a word did I spear wham that lassie might be
[spare whom
She appeared like an angel in feature and for-m
As she walked by my side on the road tae Dundee

At length with the howe of strath Martin behind us
[hollow of the Martin River valley
The spires o' the toon in full full view we could see
Then bravely I bid my fareweel tae the lassie
Ere I pairted wi' her on the road tae Dundee

So I took the gowd pin frae the scarf on my bosom
And said "Keep ye this in remembrance o' me
So in times to come ye'll the laddie remember
That walked by your side on the road tae Dundee

So here's tae the lassie, I ne'er will forget her
Tae ilk a young laddie that's list'nin' tae me
Never beswear to convoy a young lassie
Though it's only to show her the road tae Dundee