The Brisk Young Lad

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[Verse]
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There cam a young man tae ma daddie's door
                     C        G
My daddie's door, ma daddie's door
                             C
There cam a young man tae ma daddie's door
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Cam seeking me tae woo, o

[Chorus]
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Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
                        C          G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
                  C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
    G              D    G
Cam seeking me tae woo, o

[Verse]
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I was baking when he cam
             C       G
When he cam, when he cam
                             C
I took him in and gied him a scone
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To thaw his frozen mou, o

[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
                        C          G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
                  C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
    G              D    G
Cam seeking me tae woo, o

[Verse]
  Em                   G
I set him in aside the bink
                     C       G
I gaed him bread and ale tae drink
                            C
Ne'er a blythe styme wid he blink
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Until his wame was fu, o

[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
                        C          G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
                  C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
    G              D    G    Em  D
Cam seeking me tae woo, o

[Verse]
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“Gae, get ye goon, ye cauldrife wooer
               C         G
Ye soor-lookin cauldrife wooer”
                                  C
I straight-way showed him tae the door
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Saying, “Cam nae mair tae woo, o”

[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
                        C          G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
                  C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
    G              D    Em
Cam seeking me tae woo, o

[Verse]
      G
There lay a deuk dub afore the door
                 C        G
Afore the door, afore the door
                               C
There lay a deuk dub afore the door
    G                D     G
And there fell he, I trow, o

[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
                        C          G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
                  C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
    G              D    G
Cam seeking me tae woo, o

[Verse]
G
Out cam I and sneered and smiled
                          C    G
“Ye cam tae woo and ye're aa beguiled
                                      C
Ye've faan in the dirt and ye're aa befiled
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We'll hae nae mair o you, o”

[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
                        C          G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
                  C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
    G              D    G
Cam seeking me tae woo, o

[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
                        C          G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
                  C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
    G              D    G
Cam seeking me tae woo, o