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Haud awa', bide awa

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“Haud awa', bide awa” as printed in The Scottish Minstrel (Second Series) (1851).

Anonymous: Collected Lyrics Text 9 1851 · historical text
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This text comes from The Scottish Minstrel (Second Series), a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Haud awa, bide awa,

Haud awa frae me, Donald;

What care I for a' your wealth,

An' a' that ye can gie, Donald?

I wadna lea' my Lowland lad

For a' your goud an' gear, Donald;

Sae tak your plaid, and o'er the hill,

An' stay, nae langer here, Donald.

Haud awa, bide awa, &c.

Verse 2

My Jamie is a gallant youth—

I lo'e but him alane, Donald;

And in bonnie Scotland's isle

Like him there is nane, Donald.

Haud awa, bide awa,

Haud awa frae me, Donald;

What care I for a' your wealth,

An' a' that ye can gie, Donald?

Verse 3

He wears nae plaid, nor tartan hose,

Nor garters at his knee, Donald;

But O he wears a faithfu' heart!

And love blinks in his e'e, Donald.

Sae haud awa, bide awa,

Come nae mair at e'en, Donald;

I wadna break my Jamie's heart,

To be a Highland queen, Donald.

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Words by Anonymous. Historical text published in The Scottish Minstrel (Second Series) (1851); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

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The Scottish Minstrel (Second Series) (1851), “Haud awa', bide awa”

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