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T: the COLLIER'S BONNY LASSIE
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.278-281
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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L: 1/16
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(d>c) | (cB) (AG) G2 G2 | G4 D3 E |
w: The* col-*lier* has a daugh-ter, And
=F3 G F2 F2 | A2 c2 z2 (dc) | B2 (AG) G2 G2 |
w: O, she's won-der bon-ny, A* laird he* was that
G4 D2 G2 | B2 (AB) (cB) (AG) | B2 d2 ::
w: sought her, Rich baith in* lands* and* mo-ney.
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(ef) | (gf) (ed) (ed) (cB) | c4 =f3 c |
w: The* tu-*tors* watch'd* the* mo-tion Of
{_B}A2 (G=F) F3 G | A2 c2 z2 d2 | (cB) (AG) A2 D2 |
w: this young* ho-nest lo-ver; But love* is* like the
(B>ABc) d2 g2 | (gf) (fg) g2 G2 | B2 d2 z2 :|
w: o-***cean, Wha can* its* deeps dis-co-ver?
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W:2.He had the art to please ye,
W:    And was by a' respected;
W:  His airs sat round him easy,
W:    Genteel, but unaffected.
W:  The collier's bonny lassie,
W:    Fair as the new-blown lily,
W:  Ay sweet, and never saucy,
W:    Secur'd the heart of Willie.
W:
W:3.He lov'd beyond expression
W:    The charms that were about her,
W:  And panted for possession;
W:    His life was dull without her.
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W:  After mature resolving,
W:    Close to his breast he held her,
W:  In saftest flames dissolving,
W:    He tenderly thus tell'd her:
W:
W:3.My bonny collier's daughter,
W:    Let naething discompose ye;
W:  It's no your scanty tocher
W:    Shall ever gar me lose ye:
W:  For I hae gear in plenty,
W:    And love says it's my duty
W:  To wair what heav'n has lent me,
W:    Upon your wit and beauty.
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T: 	BONNY LESLEY
T: to the same air
K:
W:1.O saw ye bonny Lesley
W:    As she gade o'er the border?
W:  She's gane, like Alexander,
W:    To spread her conquests farther,
W:  To see her is to love her,
W:    And love but her for ever;
W:  For Nature made her what she is,
W:    And ne'er made sic anither.
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W:2.Thou art a queen, fair Lesley,
W:    Thy subjects we, before thee:
W:  Thou art divine, fair Lesley,
W:    The hearts o' men adore thee.
W:  The de'il he could na scaith thee,
W:    Or aught that wad belang thee;
W:  He'd look into thy bonny face,
W:    And say, "I canna wrang thee."
W:
W:3.The powers aboon will tent thee;
W:    Misfortune shanna steer thee;
W:  Thou'rt like themsels, sae lovely,
W:    That ill they'll ne'er let near thee,
W:  Return again, fair Lesley,
W:    Return to Caledonie!
W:  That we may brag, we hae a lass,
W:    There's nane again sae bonny.
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