| Four and twenty Highland men
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| Came from the Carron side
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| To steal away Eppie Morrie
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| 'Cause she wouldn’t be a bride, a bride
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| Wouldn’t be a bride
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| Out it came her mother then
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| It was a moonlit night
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| She couldn’t see her daughter
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| For the moon, it shone so bright, so bright
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| The moon, it shone so bright
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| They’ve taken Eppie Morrie
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| And a horse they’ve bound her on
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| And they’re away to Carron side
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| As fast as horse could gang, could gang
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| Fast as horse could gang
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| And Willie’s taken his pistol out
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| And put it to the minister’s breast
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| Oh marry me, marry me, minister
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| Or else I’ll be your priest, your priest
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| Else I’ll be your priest
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| Chorus:
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| Haud away from me, Willie
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| Haud away from me
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| There’s not a man in all Strathdon
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| Wedded be by me, by me
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| Wedded be by me
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| Then mass was sung and bells were rung
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| And they’re away to bed
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| And Willie and Eppie Morrie
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| Oh in one bed they were laid, were laid
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| One bed they were laid
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| He’s taken the shirt from off his back
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| And kicked away his shoes
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| And thrown away the chamber key
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| And naked he lay down, lay down
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| Naked he lay down
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| He kissed her on the lily breast
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| And held her shoulders twa
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| But aye, she gat and aye, she spat
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| And turned to the wa', the wa'
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| Turned to the wa'
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| They wrestled there all through the night
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| Before the break of day
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| But aye, she gat and aye, she spat
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| And he could not stretch her spey
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| Could not stretch her spey
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| (Chorus)
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| Early in the morning
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| Before the light of day
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| In came the maid of Scallater
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| In gown and shirt alone, alone
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| Gown and shirt alone
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| Get up, get up, young woman
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| And take a drink with me
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| You might have called me a maiden
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| I’m as whole as thee, as thee
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| I’m as whole as thee
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| Then came young Breadalbane
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| With a pistol on his side
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| Oh come away, Eppie Morrie
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| And I’ll make you my bride, my bride
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| Make you my bride
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| Go get me a horse, Willie
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| And get it like a man
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| And send me back to my mother
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| A maiden as I came, I came
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| A maiden as I came
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| (Chorus 2x) |