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1. Wherelia'e ye been a' the day,
2. When he drew his gude braid-sword,
3. Geor - die sits in Cliar-lie's chair,
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2. Bon-nie lad - die, High-land lad - die, Then he gave his roy - al word,
3. Bon-nie lad - die, High-land lad - die, But T think he'll no bide there,
Bon - nie lad - die,
Bon - nie lad - die,
Bon - nie lad - die.
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1. Tar-tan plaid and High-land trews, Bon-nie lad -die. High-land lad -die.
2. Wi' hisfrieuds wad live or dee, Bon-nie lad -die. High-land lad -die.
3. Weel ye ken it is his own, Bon-nie lad -die. High-land lad- die.
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* The three stanzas which we give belong to a long and very coarse Jacobite ballad, published by George Thomson and James Hogg.
The Ettrick Shepherd, in his Jacobite Relics, includes tbeair to verses lii'st published in Remains of NithsdaU and Galloway Sang, 1810, p. 122,
beginning : —
Princely is my luver's weed, I His veins are fu' o' princely blude,
Bonnie laddie, Highland laddie ; | My bonnie Highland laddie.
In a note to this song on p. 337. he writes: " The ' Highland Laddie' is from Cromek, and is said by Allan Cunningham to have been copied
from the mouth of a young girl, who learned it from .an old woman, who w.as a Roman Catholic. There are six diflerent airs designated,
'Highland Laddie.' This is the oldest. It was sung to a very old song, beginning : —
I canna get my mare t.a'eu, I M.ister had she never nane.
Bonnie laddie. Highland laddie; | My bonnie laddie. Highland laddie."
Hogg was correct in Ills remark that the air, which we give above, is the oldest " Highland' Laddie " ; it is a modification of a very old tune
published in Playford's The English Divcing Master; or, plaine and easie rules for the dancing of country dances, with the twae to each
dance, 1651, under the title of " Cockle-Sliells."