Leaboy's Lassie

The older, happier Scottish cousin of Katy Cruel

Listen and purchase

First when I came to the town
The called me proud and saucy
Now they've changed my name
Called me the leaboy's lassie

First when I came to the town
They called me young and bonny
Now they've changed my name
Called me the leaboy's honey

I'll dye my petticoats red
And face them with the yellow
I'll tell the dyster lad
That the leaboy I'm tae follow

Over hills and dales
And over dikes and ditches
So well I like the lad
Who wears the moleskin britches

Feather beds are fine
And painted rooms are bonny
But I would leave them all
To jog along with Johnny

Oh, for Saturday night
It's I that'll see my dearie
He'll come whistling in
When I am tired and weary