LOVELY MOLLY from SPRANGEEN by SPRANGEEN:

1: As Molly was milking her yowes on a day,
Oh by came young Jamie who to her did say,
“Your fingers go nimbly, your yowes they milk free,
Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes, lovely Molly!

2: “Oh where is your father?” the young man he said,
“Oh where is your father my tender young maid?”
“He’s up in yon greenwood a-waiting for me?”
Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes, lovely Molly!

3: “My father’s a shepherd has sheep on yon hill,
If you get his sanction I’ll be at your will,
And if he does grant it right glad will I be.”
Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes, lovely Molly!

4: “Good morning old man, you are herding your flock,
I want a yowe lamb to rear a new stock;
I want a yowe lamb and the best she maun be.”
Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes, lovely Molly!

5: “Go down to yon meadow, choose out your own lamb,
And be sure you’re as welcome an any young man;
You are heartily welcome - the best she maun be.”
Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes, lovely Molly!

6: He’s down to yon meadow, taen Moll by the hand,
And soon before the old man the couple did stand;
Says, “This is the yowe lamb I purchased from thee.”
Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes, lovely Molly!

7: “Oh was e’er an auld man so beguiled as I am,
To sell my ae daughter instead of a lamb;
Yet, since I have said it, e’en sae let it be.”
Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes, lovely Molly!

• Folk
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