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T:Brian O'Lin
B:Singing Together, Spring 1982, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:Bri-an O' Lin was a Scots-man born,
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w:His head was bald and his bread was shorn,
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w:His tem-ples far out and his eyes were far in.
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w:"I'm a won-der-ful beau-ty," said Bri-an O' Lin.
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w:Oh to my tooth and my link a lum lee, Bri-an O' Lin was a ro--ver
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w:Brew, screw ri-vet the tin, Oh a rare old* man was Bri-an O' Lyn
W:Brian O'Lin was a Scotsman born,
W:His head was bald and his beard was shorn,
W:His temples far out and his eyes were far in.
W:I'm a wonderful beauty," said Brian O' Lin.
W:
W:(Chorus)
W:Oh to my tooth and my link a lum lee,
W:Brian O' Lin was a rover
W:Brew, screw rivet the tin,
W:Oh a rare old man was Brian O' Lin.
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W:Brian O'Lin had no breeches to wear;
W:He bought him a sheepskin to make a pair.
W:With the fleshy side out and the wooly side in.
W:"They're pleasant and cool," said Brian O'Lin.
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W:Brian O'Lin his wife, and wife's mother,
W:They all went out a-walking together;
W:And all through their clothes you might see the skin.
W:"They're elegantly dressed," said Brian O'Lin.
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W:Brian O'Lin his wife, and wife's mother,
W:They all went over the bridge together.
W:The bridge it broke down and they all tumbled in.
W:"We'll go home by water," said Brian O'Lin.
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