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Cuttie's Wedding

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“Cuttie's Wedding” as printed in The Book of Scottish Song (1843).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 90 1843 · historical text
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This text comes from The Book of Scottish Song, edited by Alexander Whitelaw, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Busk and go, busk and go,

Busk and go to Cuttie's wedding!

Wha wad he the lass or lad

That wadna gang an they were bidden?

Cuttie he's a lang man,

O he'll get a little wifie;

But he'll tak' on to the town loan

When she tak's on her fickie-fykie.

Cuttie he cam' here yestreen;

Cuttie he fell ower the midden;

He wat the house, and tint his shoon,

Courtin' at a cankert maiden.

He sat him doun upon the green,

The lass cam' till him wi' a biddin';

He says. Gin ye were mine, my dame,

Monie ane's be at our weddin'.

Busk and go, busk and go,

Busk and go to Cuttie's wedding!

Wha wad be the lass or lad

That wadna gang an they were bidden?

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Traditional words. Historical text published in The Book of Scottish Song (1843); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

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The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw, “Cuttie's Wedding”

Every contribution in this 1843 anthology predates modern copyright terms by more than a century; any contributor died at least 130 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide (life+70 terms expired no later than 2020).

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