Victoria Nautical Song Circle's
March 1999 Song Of The Month


HIGHLAND LADDIE

Where hae ye been, all the day, Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie?
Where hae ye been all the day, my Bonnie Hieland Laddie.
 
 Wey hey and away we go,
 Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie
 Wey hey and away we go,
 My Bonnie Hieland Laddie
 
Then ah see ye down the glen, Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie?
Then ah see ye near the burn, my Bonnie ...
 
Shipped to the north on a Dundee whaler, Bon ...
Shipped to the north as a whaling sailor, my ...
 
Bound away for Iceland cold, ...
Found much ice but nae much gold, ...
 
Greenland is a cold country, ...
No the place for you and me, ...
 
Caught some whales and boiled their blubber, ...
Ile (oil) and fat choked every scupper, ...
 
I'll be glad when I get hame, ...
I'll gie up this whaling game, ...

From the singing of Holdstock & MacLeod - on their recording "Deepwater Shanties"


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