Busk, Busk, Bonnie Lassie

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T:Busk, Busk, Bonnie Lassie
S:Charlotte Higgins
B:MacColl and Seeger, Traveller's Songs from England and Scotland, Routledge And Kegan Paul, 1977
Z:Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:3/4     %Meter
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"^Verse 1"A2 |D4 FA |B2 A2 (AF) | D2 G2 FF | (F E2)
w:Busk, busk, bon-nie las-sie and_ come a-lang wi' me_
F E z |D2 D2 FA | B2 (AB) (cd) |F G3 E2 |D4 ||
w:    I will tak' ye tae Glen-is-la_ near_ bon-nie Glen-shee.
"^Verses 2-4"AF | D2 D2 (FA) |B2 A2 AF | D2 G2 F2 |(F E3)
w:O, do you see yon_ shep-herds as they all march a-long_
FE |D2 D2 FA |B2 A2
w:Wi' their plaid-ies buck-led roond them
Bc |d2 c2 (Bc) |(B A3)
w:And their sheep they graze_ on?_
(Bc) |d2 c2 B2 |A2 A2
w:Busk_ busk, bon-nie lass-ie,
(GE) D2 G2 FF |(F D3)
w:And_  come a-lang wi' me,_
FE |D2 D2 FA |B2 (AB)
w:I will tak' ye tae Glen-is-la_
(cd) |F G3 E2 |D4 z2 |]
w:Near_ bon-nie Glen-shee.
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W:Busk, busk, bonnie lassie, and come alang w' me,
W:I will tak' ye tae Glenisla near bonnie Glenshee.
W:
W:O do you see yon shepherds as they all march along,
W:Wi' their plaidies buckled roond them and their sheep they graze on?
W:Busk, busk, bonnie lassie, and come alang wi' me,
W:I will tak' ye tae Glenisla near bonnie Glenshee.
W:
W:O, do you see yon soldiers as they all march along,
W:Wi' their guns on their shoulders and their broadswords hanging doon?
W:Busk, busk, bonnie lassie, and come alang wi' me,
W:I will tak' ye tae Glenisla near bonnie Glenshee.
W:
W:O do you see yon high hill a' covered wi' snaw?
W:They hae parted mony a true love and they'll soon pair us twa.
W:Busk, busk, bonnie lassie, and come alang wi' me,
W:I will tak' ye tae Glenisla near bonnie Glenshee.

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