'Ailie
Swankie'
Thomas Watson
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AUCHMITHIE
braes are bonnie,
Where
lie the mussel shells,
Where bonnie Ailie Swankie,
My
fisher lassie, dwells,
My fisher lassie dwells,
A
red rose by the sea,
And for bonnie Ailie Swankie
I
could lay me doun and dee.
Her
face is unco bonnie,
Her
heart is true and leal ;
She's fairer far than ony
That
ever bore a creel,
That ever bore a creel,
And
she's a' the warld to me,
And for bonnie Ailie Swankie
I
could lay me doun and dee. |
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Her
feet they are the lightest
That
e'er wore leather shoon,
Her ankles are the rarest
That
e'er the sun shone on,
That e'er the sun shone on,
Or
ever the moon did see,
And for bonnie Ailie Swankie
I
could lay me doun and dee. |
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