Mount And Go
My parents married me o’er young
To an old man both bald and dumb
His love was done and mine new sprung
An I’ll fly the plains wi my laddie-o
Come bonnie laddie mount and go
Hey bonnie laddie mount and go
Come bonnie laddie mount and go
Go an I’ll go wi’ ye-o
I will leave my guid peat-stack
So would I leave my good keelyard
So would I leave my old bald laird
And I’ll fly the plains wi’ my laddie-o
The old man he fell fast asleep
An out o’ his arms his love did creep
The keys o’ the cabin she did keep
An she’s flown the plains wi’ her laddie-o
The old man woke at break o’ day
The sheet was cold and she’s away
And gone are the keys and the bonnie bay
For she’s flown the plains wi’ her laddie-o
Ye’ll gang doon to yon seashore
An ye’ll see a ship where she was before
An ask the skipper if she’s been there
Or if any sailor’s seen her-o
When they were sailin’ on the sea
She drank their health right merrily
An she threw the wine-glass into the sea
For joy she had won her laddie-o
When they landed o’er the lea
She was lady o’fifty ploughs an three
She was lady o’ fifty ploughs and three
And she dearly loves her laddie-o
