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T: I HAD A HORSE
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.54-58
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
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w: I had a horse, and I had nae mair, I
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w: gat it frae my dad-die; My* purse was light,
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w: and my heart was sair, But my wit it was fu'
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w: rea-dy. So I be-thought me on a time, Out-
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w: wit-tens o' my dad-die, To fee my-sel to* a
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w: Law-land laird, Wha had* a* bon-ny la-dy.
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W:2.I wrote a letter, and thus began:
W:    "Madam, be not offended;
W:  "I'm owre the lugs in love wi' you,
W:    "And I carena though ye kend it:
W:  "For I get little frae the laird,
W:    "And far less frae my daddy,
W:  "Yet I wad blythely be the man
W:    "Wad strive to please my lady."
W:
W:3.She read my letter, and she leugh;
W:    "Ye needna been sae blate, man,
W:  "Ye might hae come to me yoursel,
W:    "And tauld me a' your state, man.
W:  "Ye might hae come to me yoursel,
W:    "Outwittens o' ony body,
W:  "And made John Goukston o' the laird,
W:    "And kiss'd his bonny lady."
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W:
W:4.Then she pat siller in my purse,
W:    We drank wine in a cogie;
W:  She fee'd a man to rub my horse,
W:    And vow, but I was vogie!
W:  But I ne'er gat sae sair a fleg
W:    Since I cam frae my daddie;
W:  The laird cam rap, rap! to the yett,
W:    When I was wi' his lady.
W:
W:5.Then she pat me behint a chair,
W:    And hap'd me wi' a plaidy,
W:  But I was like to swarf wi' fear,
W:    And wish'd me wi' my daddie.
W:  The laird gade out, he saw na me,
W:    I staid till I was ready;
W:  T promis'd, but I ne'er gade back
W:    To see his bonny lady.
W:
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T: O POORTITH CAULD
T: to the same air
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W:1.O poortith cauld, and restless love,
W:   Ye break my peace between ye!
W: Yet poortith a' I could forgive,
W:   If 'twere na for my Jeanie.
W:     O why should fate sic pleasure have,
W:       Love's dearest band untwining!
W:     Or why sae sweet a flow'r as love
W:       Depend on fortune's shining.
W:
W:2. This warld's wealth when I think on,
W:   Its pride, and a' the lave o't,
W: Fie, fie, on silly coward man,
W:   That he should be the slave o't.
W:   O why should fate, &c.
W:
W:3. Her een, sae bonny blue, betray
W:   How she repays my passion;
W: But prudence is her o'erword ay,
W:   She talks o' rank and fashion.
W:     O why should fate, &c.
W:
W:4. O wha can prudence think upon,
W:   Wi' sic a lassie by him?
W: O wha can prudence think upon,
W:   And sae in love as I am.
W:     O why should fate, &c.
W:
W:5. How blest the humble cotter's fate!
W:   He wooes his simple dearie;
W: The silly bogles, wealth and state,
W:   Can never mak him eerie.
W:     Then why should fate sic pleasure have,
W:       Love's dearest band untwining?
W:     Or sic a tender flow'r as love
W:       Depend on fortune's shining.
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