The Book of Scottish Song/Gae to the kye wi' me

Gae to the kye wi’ me.

[The song of "Gae to the kye wi' me, Johnnie," is of considerable antiquity, but we here do not give the whole of the olden version, which is rather coarse for insertion.]

⁠"O gae to the kye wi' me, Johnnie,
⁠Gae to the kye wi' me;
⁠O gae to the kye wi' me, Johnnie,
⁠And I'll be merry wi' thee."
"O lassie, I'm weary wand'rin',
⁠I've gaen mair miles than three
I'se no gang the day to the herdin',
⁠It's fashous and naething to see."
⁠"O gae to the kye wi' me, Johnnie,
⁠Gae to the kye wi' me;
⁠O gae to the kye wi' me, Johnnie,
⁠And I'll be merry wi' thee."

"Oh we'll tak' a rest at the shieling,
⁠Anent the tap o' the hill,
And there's a loch o' pure water
⁠Whare ye may drink your fill.
⁠Oh gae, &c.

"Amang the rocks and the heather
⁠A burn does roaring fa',
And there the trouties are loupin',
⁠The bonniest ever I saw."
⁠Oh gae, &c.

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