When I Was Young- Mrs. Duncan (Aber) 1906 Greig D
[From Greig-Duncan Collection, Volume 6, pp.266-268 edited by Patrick N. Shuldham-Shaw, Emily B. Lyle, Edinburgh Mercat Press 1995 (Song No. 1173, version D).
R. Matteson 2017]
D. "When I Was Young," sung by Mrs. Duncan, New Deer, taken down by Earnest Coutts, Grieg's son-in-law.
1. When I was young, I was well beloved
And sat on every young man's knee
When I was blooming and in my blossom
A false young man deceiv-ed me.
2. I never thocht he was gaun to leave me
Until the morning that he cam' in
When my bonnie lovie sat doon and taul [told] me
My sorrows all they did soon begin.
3. I left my father and I left my mother,
I left my sisters and brothers tee
I left a' my friends and my dear relations
A' for the sake an the love o' thee.
4. Efter evenin' comes a mornin'
And efter mornin' comes a day
Efter a false lover comes a true lover
So go begone and dinna stay.