Song Lyrics Unknown - Collier Laddie    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Collier Laddie Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Collier Laddie Theme ID: 3678 Album: N/A COLLIER LADDIE I've traveled east and I've traveled west And I've traveled pure Kirkaldy, But the bonniest lass that e'er I spied She was followin' her collier laddie. cho: Laddie, O, laddie But the bonniest lass that e'er I spied She was followin' her collier laddie. (final 2 lines of chorus change with verse.) "O whaur live ye my bonnie lass? Come tell me what they ca' ye. " "Bonnie Jean Gordon is my name, And I'm followin' a collier laddie." cho: "O would ye fancy ane that's black And you sae fair and gaudy? O fancy ane o' higher degree, Than followin' a collier laddie." cho: "Ye see yon hills the sun shines on, The sun shines on sae gaudy ; They a' are mine and they shall be thine, Gin ye'll leave your collier laddie. " cho: "Though ye had a' the sun shines on, And the earth conceals sae lowly, l wad turn my back on you and it a' And follow my collier laddie." cho: Then he has gane to her faither dear, To her faither gane sae brawly ; Says: "Will ye gie me your bonnie, bonnie lass That's followin' a collier laddie?" cho: "O would she marry a man that's black, And me sea braw and gaudy? I'll raise her up to a higher degree Than followin' a collier laddie." cho: Her faither then he vowed and swore: "Though he be black he's bonnie; She's mair delight in him, I fear, Than in you wi' a' your money." cho: "O, I can win my five pennies a day, And spend't at nicht fu' brawly, And I'll mak' my bed in the collier's neuk And lie doon wi' my collier laddie." cho: "Love for love is the bargain for me, Though the wee cot-hoose should haud me, And the world before me to win my breid, And fare for my collier laddie." cho: From Songs and Dances of Scotland, Thomson Note: this, plus the first version ( COLLAD ), go together to make a fairly complete picture. See also FACTGIRL , for a similar bit of lower-class snobbishness. @mine @love @Scots filename[ COLLAD2 play.exe COLLAD2 RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Come Feed The Black Sow, Come Kiss Me Love, Come O My Love, Come to Sin, Come To The Bower, Comical Ditty, Comin Round The Mountain, Coming Down With Old Vd, Coming Of The Roads, Coming Round The Mountain, Commonwealth Of Toil, Commuters Coronach, Computer Love Song, Con Las Abejas, Confederate Yankee Doodle, Congleton Bear, Congo River, Constant Sorrow, Constitution And The Guerriere, Cooper O Dundee, Copilots Lament, Copper Kettle, Corn Rigs Or Rigs O Barley, Cornish May Carol, Cornish Wassail, Cornwallis Country Dance, Corrie Doon, Cosher Baileys Engine, Cosmic And Freaky, Cosmic Love Song, Costa Rica Native Anthem Text, Coulters Candy, Counting The Goats Cyfrir Giefr, Country Boy, Country Lass, Country Life, Country Roads, Courting Case, Coventry Carol, Cow Kicked Nelly, Cowboy Fireman, Cowboys Dream, Cowpuncher, Cows, Crafty Boy, Crafty Maids Policy, Craigie Hill, Crawdad, Crayfish, Crazy Man Michael, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy