As I Gaed Up Yon Hich, Hich Hill- Doe (Aber) 1873
[Carpenter Collection. This is version of "Maid and Soldier," first revision) with the opening stanza from Waulkrife Mammy. Minor correction to MS.
R. Matteson 2018]
As I Gaed Up Yon Hich, Hich Hill, sung by Leslie Durno of Insch (Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland). Learned from George Doe, a peddler, old Scottish Soldier in 1873.
1. As I gaed up yon hich hich hill,
I met a bonnie lassie
She looked at me and I at her
And O bit she wis saucy.
CHORUS Wie my turina areedle a,
Fal the deral laid-o,
Wie my turina.
2. Whare are ye gaun, my bonnie lass
Whare are ye gaun, my honey?
Richt modestly she answered me,
An errand tae my mammie.
3. "What is yer age, my bonnie lass?
What is yer age, my honey?"
Richt modestly she answered me,
"I'm seveteen come Sunday."
4. "What is yer name, my bonnie lass?
What is yer name, my honey?"
Richt modestly she answered me,
"My name is Bonnie Annie."
5. "Wid ye[1] like a man, my bonnie lass?
Wid ye like a man, my honey?"
Richt modestly she answered me,
"I durna for my mammie."
6. I will come tae ye hall door,
Fin the meen is shining clearly
And ye will rise and lat me in,
And the auld wife winna hear me.
7. He[2] his gaun tae her hall door
Fin the meen wis shining clearly
And she did rise and lat him in,
And the auld wife didna hear him.
8. O Sodger ye maun marry me,
Noo's yer time or never
O Sodger ye maun marry me,
Or I'm undone forever.
9. I has a lass in my ain country
And how could I abuse her,
I git a lass in ilka toon,
An' a girlie fin I choose her.
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1. MS: she
2. MS: His