My Ausheen - Sam Lee

What can a young lassie

Ah, what can a young lassie

Ah, what can a young lassie

Dae wi' an auld man?

Bad luck on the penny

That tempted my minnie

What to sell her puir Jenny

For horses an' lan'!

I saw my lovely Ann away to the church go

Gold rings on her fingers, white gloves on her hand

Gold rings on her fingers, white gloves on her hand

She’s gone and she’s wed with another young man

And I said, «My lovely Ann, just bide a wee wile

For you have been so falsely beguiled

For you have been so falsely beguiled

You’re only my Ausheen, and not his.»

And the ladies and the gentlemen came inquiring on me

«How many blackberries grow in the salt sea?»

And I gave my reply, with a tear in my eye

«As many ships sail in the forest.»

While serving the glasses of brandy and wine

«Here's a health to the bonny lass, she should’ve been mine

Here’s a health to the bonny lass, she should’ve been mine

She’s only my old shoes, and you got her!

«My bonny love’s up and she’s gone and left me

My bonny love’s up and she’s gone and left me

But it’s once or twice that she sleppèd with me

She’s only my old shoes, and you got her!

«And I’ll go to my bed and I’ll take a long sleep

You can cover me over with lilies so sweet

You can cover me over with lilies so sweet

For it’s the only way I’ll e’er forget her!»