O'er the High, High Hill- Mrs. Thain (Aber) c.1850
[From the Grieg-Duncan collection, dated c.1850-- missing the ending.
R. Matteson 2018]
As I Went O'er the High, High Hill- sung by Mrs. Thain of New Deer. She learned her songs from her grandmother 70 years ago (about 1850), Greig-Duncan C.
1. As I went o'er the high, high hill,
I met a bonnie lassie;
She looked at me and I at her,
And oh, but she was saucy.
CHORUS: Wi' my towrin an' a, a reedle a,
Fat di dairil ido, wi' my towrin an' a.
2. "Where are ye gaun, my bonnie lass,
Where are ye gaun, my honey,"
Right modestly she answered me,
"An eerant to my mammy."
3. "What is your name, my bonnie lass,
What is your name, my honey?"
Right modestly she answered me,
"My mammy calls me Annie."
4. How old are you, my bonnie lass,
How old are you, my honey?
Right modestly she answered me,
"I'm sixteen years come Sunday."
5. "Where do you dwell, my bonnie lass,
Where do you dwell, my honey?"
Right modestly she answered me,
"In a wee hoose wi' my mammy."
6. I'll come to your mammy's gate,
When the moon is shining clearly,
And ye will rise and lat me in,
And your mammy winna hear me.
7. He went to her mammy's gate,
When the moon was shining clearly,
And she did rise and lat me in
And her mammy didna hear her.