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The girl in this song appears to be telling the
local laird (lord) about the pressure she is under to marry a well off suitor
after her young lover has been taken away. However she vows to remain true to
him, just as he has promised he will return to her. The words are set to an old
Scottish melody.
O Logie o' Buchan, o Logie the Laird
They ha'e
ta'en awa Jamie,
Wha delved in the yaird;
Wha play'd on the pipe
And the viol sae sma';
They ha'e ta'en awa Jamie,
The floo'r o' them
a':
He said "Think na lang lassie
Tho'I gang awa,
For I'll come and
see thee
In spite o' them a'."
O, Sandy has oosen, has gear and
has kye,
A hoose and a hauden and siller forbye,
But I'd hae ma ain
lad,
Wi' his staff in his hand,
Before I'd hae him,
Wi' his hooses
and land
But simmer is comin', cauld winter's awa'
And he'll come and
see me in spite o' them a'."
I sit on my creepie an' spin at my
wheel
An' think on the laddie
That lo'es me sae weel
He had but ae
saxpence, he brak' it in twa
And he ga'e me the half o't,
When he gaed
awa'
He said "Think na lang lassie
Tho' I gang awa'
For I'll come
and see thee in spite o' them a'."
laird - lord
delved - dug
yaird -
yard
oosen - oxen
gear - property
kye - cattle
haudin - small
farm
siller - silver \ money
creepie - padded stool
laddie -
boy
lo'es - loves
weel - well
saxpence - sixpence
brak -
broke
ae - one
twa - two
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