The road to Dundee
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1. Cold winter was howlin' o'er moor and o’er
mountain,
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and wild was the surge of the
dark rolling sea.
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When I met about daybreak a
bonnie young lassie,
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who asked me the road and the
miles to
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2. Says I to that lassie, “I canna weel tell ye,
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the road and the distance I canna weel gie,
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but if you'll permit me to
gang a wee bittie,
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I'll show you the road and the
miles to
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3. At once she consented and she gie me her airm,
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not a word did I speir wha
the lassie might be.
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She appeared like an angel in
feature and form,
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as she
walked by my side on the road to
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4. At length wi' the howe
o' Strathmartine behind us,
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the spires o' the toon in full view we could see.
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She said, "Gentle sir, I
can never forget ye,
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for showin' me far on the road to
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5. So I took the gold pin from the scarf on my bosom,
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and said, "Keep ye this, in remembrance o' me".
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Then bravely I kissed the
sweet lips o' that lassie,
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and we parted afar on the road
to
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6. And so here's tae that lassie, I ne’er can forget her,
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and ilka young laddie wha's listenin'
to me.
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O never be
sweir to convoy a young lassie,
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though it's
only to show her the road to
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Though it's
only to show her the road to
(orig. = capo 2nd; midi = capo 4th) (Eric Bogle)