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T:Maggie Lauder
B:Source; 101 Scottish Songs Selected by Norman Buchan.Collins, Glasgow and London, 1962, reprinted 1970.
N:Attributed to Francis Sempill
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:Wha wad na be in love Wi bon-nie Ma_ggi-e Lau-der? A
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w:pi-per met her gaun tae Fife, An' spier'd what was't they ca'd her. Right
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w:scorn-ful-ly she ans-wered him "Be-gone ye hal-*an-*sha-ker. Jog_
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w:on your gait, ye bla-ther-skate, My name is Mag-gie Lau-der."
W:Wha wadna be in love
W:Wi bonnie Maggie Lauder?
W:A piper met her gaun tae Fife,
W:An' spier'd what was't they ca'd her.
W:Right scornfully she answered him
W:"Begone ye halanshaker.
W:Jog on your gait, ye blatherskate,
W:My name is Maggie Lauder."
W:
W:"Maggie" quo' he, "and by my bags
W:I'm fidgin' fain to see thee;
W:Sit down by me, my bonnie bird,
W:I troth I winna steer thee.
W:For I'm a piper to my trade,
W:My name is Rob the Ranter;
W:The lasses loup as they were daft
W:When I blaw up my chanter."
W:
W:"Piper" quo Meg, "ha'e your bags?
W:Or is your drone in order?
W:If ye be Rob, I've heard o' you
W:Live you upon the border?
W:The lasses a', baith far and near,
W:Ha'e heard o' Rob the Ranter;
W:I'll shake my foot wi' right guid will,
W:Gif you'll blaw up your chanter."
W:
W:Then to his bags he flew wi' speed
W:About the drone he twistet;
W:Meg up and wallop'd o'er the green
W:For brawly could she frisk it.
W:"Weel done", quo he - "play up", quo she
W:"Weel bobb'd," quo Rob the Ranter.
W:"'Tis worth my while to play indeed,
W:When I ha'e sic a dancer."
W:
W:"Weel ha'e you played your part," quo' Meg,
W:"Your cheeks are like the crimson;
W:There's nane in Scotland plays sae weel,
W:Since we lost Habbie Simpson.
W:I've lived in Fife, baith maid and wife
W:These ten years and a quarter;
W:Gin ye should come to Anster fair
W:Spier ye for Maggie Lauder."