Yon High, High Hill- Robert Reid (Aber) 1907 Greig E
[From The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. It's related to the revision, "Maid and Soldier." Ending stanzas are missing.
R. Matteson 2018]
As I Gaed O'er yon High, High Hills- sung by Robert Reid of Kemnay, Aberdeenshire. He was a shoemaker very interested in folk music. Collected by Duncan about 1907, version E.
1. As I gaed ow'er yon high high hills
I met a bonny lassie,
She looked at me and I at her
And oh, but she was saucy.
CHORUS Wi' my touren an a, a riddle a
Fal de deral addy, wi' my toudren an a.
2. Her shoes were black and her stockings white,
Her buckles o' the silver
She had a dark and a roving eye
And her hung o'er her shoulder.
3. Where are ye gaun, my bonnny lass,
Where are ye gaun, my honey,
Right modestly she answered me,
An errand to my mammy.
4. Where do ye dwell my bonny lass,
Where do ye dwell, my honey,
Right modestly she answered me,
In wee hoose wi my mammy.
5. Will ye tak a man my bonny lass,
Will ye tak a man, my honey
Right modestly she answered me,
Just gang and ask my mammy.