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THE WEE COOPER O' FIFE
There was a wee Cooper wha lived in Fife "It's I'll no thrash ye for your gentle kin," Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, And he had gotten a gentle wife, "But I will skelp my ain sheep's skin," Hey Willy Wallacky, hey John Dougal, Hey Willy Wallaky, hey John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushety, roo, roo, roo. Alane quo' Rushety, roo, roo, roo.
She wadna bake, nor she wadna brew, "Oh I will bake and I will brew," Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo, For the spoiling o' her comely hue, "And nae mair think o' my comely hue," Hey Willy Wallacky, hey John Dougal, Hey Willy Wallaky, hey John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushety, roo, roo, roo. Alane quo' Rushety roo, roo, roo. She wadna card, nor she wadna spin, "Oh I will card and I will spin," Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, For the shamin' a' her gentle kin, "And nae mair think o' my gentle kin," Hey Willy Wallacky, hey John Dougal, Hey Willy Wallaky, hey John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushety, roo, roo, roo. Alane, quo' Rushety, roo, roo, roo. She wadna wash, nor she wadna wring, "Oh I will wash and I will wring," Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, For the spoiling a' her gowden ring, "And nae mair think o' my gowden ring," Hey Willy Wallacky, hey John Dougal, Hey Willy Wallacky, hey John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushety, roo, roo, roo. Alane, quo Rushety, roo, roo, roo.
The Cooper has gane to his woo' pack, A' ye wha ha'e gotten a gentle wife, Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, And he's laid a sheep's skin on his wife's back, Send ye for the wee Cooper o' Fife Hey Willy Wallaky, hey John Dougal, Hey Willy Wallaky, hey John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushety, roo, roo, roo. Alane quo Rushety, roo, roo, roo.
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