Bonnie Annie- Annie Clark (Aber) pre1929 Carpenter
[The title written in pen under "Bonnie Lassie" is obviously wrong since the "Bonnie Annie" stanza is missing. I've kept it for now. From: The James Madison Carpenter Collection; AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 00597- 00598. This has the Waulkrife Mammy opening with the first reduction ending stanzas.
R. Matteson 2018]
Bonnie Annie- sung by Miss Campbell. Learned from Annie Clark of Conland Forgue, Aberdeenshire, dated c. 1929
As I came o'er yon high, high hill
I met a bonny lassie,
She looked ti me an' I ti she,
And O but she was sassy.
CHORUS: Wi' my turinni nu, fal- riddle- oo
Turrin- urin - addle, Wi' my turinni nu.
Oh far[1] ye gaun, my bonny, bonny lass,
Oh far ye gaun,, my honey?
Right scornfully she answered me,
An erran' ti my mammie.
How old are ye, my bonny, bonny lass,
How old are ye, my honey?
Right scornfully she answered me,
I'm sixteen years come Sunday.
Wid ye tak a kiss, my bonny, bonny lass,
Wid ye tak a kiss, my honey?
Right scornfully she answered me,
"Oh yes, if ye be canny."
Wid ye tak a man, my bonny, bonny lass,
Wid ye tak a man, my honey?
Right scornfully she answered me,
I darena for my mommie.
Bet I will come ti yer windi,
Fen the moon is shinin' clearly,
An' ee can rise and lat me in,
An' yer mommie'll never hear ye.
He has gane ti her windi,
Fen the moon wis shinin' clearly,
An' she has risen and latten him in,
An' her mommie never heard her.