Yon High, High Hill- Mrs. Lyall (Aber) 1907 Greig F
[Fragment with music from The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection.
R. Matteson 2018]
As I Went Ower yon High, High Hill- sung by Mrs. Lyall of Lyne of Skene, Aberdeenshire. She got her songs from her mother who learned songs from her father a singer and fiddler. Collected by Duncan about 1907, version F.
1. As I went ower yon high high hill,
I met a bonny lassie,
She looked at me and I at her
And O, but she was saucy.
CHORUS Wi' my torrin an' a', ah reedle ah,
Fal the derrin addie, wi' my torrin an' a'.