I love a lassie    (intro)

 

    C - F - C  - F - C - Am - D - G      - C - G - C         - C - G - C

 

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1. I love a lassie, a bonnie Hielan' lassie,

                     Am                         D             G

    could you see her you would fancy as well.

      Dm                                                                          C

    I met her in September, popped the question in November,

                  D                         D7          G

    and I'll soon be havin' her a' to ma-sel'.

 

            C                                             F                      C       

    Her faither has consented, so I'm feelin' quite contented

             C                                                   G

    I've been and sealed the bargain wi' a kiss.

      G7                                            C

    I sit and weary, weary, when I think aboot ma deary,

                    D          D7                     G

    an' you'll always hear me singing this.

 

C  F       C                          F         C

 I love a lassie, a bonnie, bonnie lassie,

               Am          D              G

she's as pure as a lily in the dell.

                    C   F          C                                         G

She's as sweet as the heather, the bonnie purple heather ,

   C              G            C     

Mary, my Scots bluebell.

 

+ G + repeat CHORUS

 

   C F         C                         F        C

2. I love a lassie, a bonnie Hielan' lassie,

                   Am                       D                G

    she can warble like like a mavis in the dell.

                   Dm                                                          C

    She's an angel ev'ry Sunday, but a jolly lass on Monday,

                   D                  D7                            G

    and as modest as her namesake, the bluebell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               C                                             F                     C       

    She's nice and neat and tidy and I meet her ev'ry Friday,

                  C                                            G

    that's a very special nicht, I wouldn’t miss.

                 G7                                                  C

    I'm enchanted, I'm enraptured, since my heart the darlin'captur'd,

               D               D7                 G

    she's just intoxicated me with bliss.

 

+ CHORUS   + G    + repeat CHORUS

 

   C F        C                          F        C

3. I love a lassie, a bonnie Hielan' lassie,

                Am                  D                      G

    I could sit an' let her tease me for a week:

                 Dm                                                                      C

    and the way she keeps behavin', well, I never pay for shavin',

                      D                            D7                          G

   'cause she rubs ma whiskers clean off with her cheek.

 

                 C                                                  F                C       

    In the gloamin’ with my beauty, with my bonnie tutti frutti beauty,

    C                                   G

    I like to wander by her side,

                    G7                                                   C

    she’s my diamond, she’s my ruby, she’s my bonnie wee jujuby,

                D                       D7                G

    and if she was here I’d revel in the pride.

 

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+ CHORUS    + G    + repeat CHORUS    + Mary, my Scots blue bell !

 

    (cylinder version = capo 1st) (Sir Harry Lauder)