04 The Bonnie Woods Of Hattan
Traditional Folk Ballad, of unrequited love
Evocative acoustic balladeer
Story behind the song
Probably hailing from Scotland, this is another popular folk song, of a young man's lament for the lover that left him.
- Alan Kim Cochran
Lyrics
Come comrades and companions and all ye females dear
To my sad lamentation, pray lend an ear
T?was once I loved a bonnie lass, loved her as my life
And it was my sole intention to make that girl my wife
I said "my dearest Betsy when will you name the time
When you and I'll be married love and hands together join?
You'll sit in our wee cottage and neither spin nor sew
As your own true-hearted highland lad goes whistling at the plough"
I courted with yon bonnie lass a twelve month and a day
Sometimes among the green grass, sometimes among the hay
I courted her the leelong night and part of the next day
'till she said "My dearest Andy, it's time you were away"
There's Castom and there's Caddom mills and leather mills likewise
Their woods and waters many more bring pleasure to mine eyes
But the bonnie woods o' Hatton they aye grow green in May
And it's there the bonnie lassie lived 'stole my heart away
I'll speak about yon bonnie lass though she be far awa
I'll speak about yon bonnie lass to those she never saw
I'll tell them that I loved her well although she proved untrue
And left me down by Hatton woods my follies for to rue
But blessings on yon bonnie lass wherever she may be
I wish no evil unto her although she slighted me
I only hope that she might say one day before she dies
"O I wish I'd wed that highland lad 'sang so sweet to me"
Come comrades, companions and all you females dear
To my sad lamentation, pray lend an ear
'Was once I loved a bonnie lass, loved her as my life
And it was my sole intention to make that girl my wife
Yes, it was my sole intention to make that girl my wife
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