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I WINNA GANG BACK TO MY MAMMY AGAIN.
Words by Richard GalL Music by T. S. Gleadhill.
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I win - na gang back to my mam-my a-gain, I'll nev-er gang back to my
mam-my a - gain, I've held by her a - pron these aught years and ten, But I'll
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aught years and ten, But I'll nev - er gang back to my mam-my a - gain.
Young Johnnie cam' down i' the gloamin' to woo,
Wi' plaidie sae bonnie, an' bannet sae blue :
"O come awa', lassie, ne'er let mammy ken;"
An' I flew wi' my laddie o'er meadow an' glen.
O come awa', lassie, &c.
He ca'd me his dawtie, his dearie, his dow,
An' press'd hame his words wi' a smack o' my mou';
While I fell on his bosom, heart-flichtered an' fain,
An' sigh'd out, "O Johnnie, I'll aye be your ain!"
While I fell on his bosom, &c.
Some lasses will talk to the lads wi' their e'e,
Yet hanker to tell what their hearts really dree ;
Wi' Johnnie I stood upon nae stappin'-stane,
Sae I'll never gang back to my mammy again.
Wi' Johnnie I stood, &c.
For many lang years sin' I play'd on the lea,
My mammy was kind as a mither could be ;
I've held by her apron these aught years an' ten,
But I'll never gang back to my mammy again.
I've held by her apron, &c.