Malinky - Pad The Road Wi Me

      [Intro]
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[Verse]
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Says I, "My dearest Molly, come let us fix the time
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Fan ye and I will mairried be and wedlock us combine
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Fan ye and I get mairried, love, richt happy we will be
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For ye are the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me"

[Verse]
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"Tae pad the road wi' you, sir, cauld winter's comin' on
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Besides, my aged parents have ne'er a girl but one
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Besides, my aged parents have ne'er a girl but me
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So I'm no' the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' thee"

[Verse]
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"Oh, never mind cauld winter, love, the spring will follow on
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Come sit ye doon beside me, and I'll sing you a nice song
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I'll sing you a nice song while I diddle ye on ma knee
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For you're the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me"

[Verse]
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"Oh, the other lads that I hae had, they proved of cruel mind
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They beat me and bad used me and proved tae be unkind
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They beat me and bad used me and garred me rue the day
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That e'er I gied my love tae them tae pad the road away"

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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"Oh, lassie, dearest lassie, love, I'd never dae ye wrang
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It's on my honest faither's life I swear I'll dae nae hairm
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I'll busk ye braw and fairer so ye could bear the gree
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As the belle o' a' the country 'roond tae pad the road wi' me"

[Verse]
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So she has donned her hose and shoon and tae the kirk they've gaen
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And lang, ay lang 'ere mornin' that couple were made ane
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And lang, lang 'ere the mornin', her troubles were set free
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For she's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me
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She's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me
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She's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me