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THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
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THERE CAM' A YOUNG MAN TO MY DADDIE'S DOOR.
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But I was baking when he cam',
When he cam', when he cam' ;
I took him in and gied him a scone, 1
To thowe his frozen mou'.
And wow ! but he was, &c.
I set him in aside the bink ; 2
I gied him bread and ale to drink ;
But ne'er a blythe styrne 3 wad he blink
Till he was warm an' fu'.
And wow ! but he was, &c.
Gae, get you gone, you cauldrife wooer ;
Ye sour-looking, cauldrife wooer !
I straightway show'd him to the door
Saying, Come nae mair to woo.
And wow ! but he was, &c.
There lay a deuk-dub before the door,
Before the door, before the door ;
There lay a deuk-dub before the door,
An' there fell he, I trow !
And wow ! but he was, &c.
Out cam' the gudeman, an heigh he shouted ;
Out cam' the gudewife, an' laigh she louted ;
An' a' the toun-neebours were gather'd about it ;
An' there lay he, I trow !
And wow ! but he was, &c.
Then out cam' I, an' sneer'd an' smiled,
Ye cam' to woo, but ye're a' beguiled ;
Ye've fa'en i' the dirt, an' ye're a' befyled ;
We'll ha'e nae mair o' you !
And wow ! but he was, &c.
1 A thin cake of wheat or barley meal.
2 Bench ; long seat beside the fire in a country house ; seat of honour.
" Want o" ivyse men malts fules to sit on binkis."— Jamieson.
3 A particle ; a whit ; a transitory glance.
" There cam' a Young Man to my Dadhie's door." This song, which contains a good deal of vulgar humour,
was published in Herd's Collection, in 1776. The author of the words is not known, and the date of the air is
uncertain. The last line of the third stanza is one substituted by Allan Cunningham for the coarser line in the
original.