Old Blind Dogs - Lads o the Fair lyrics

{Verse 1} Come, bonnie lass, lie near me And let the brandy cheer ye For the road fae Fife tae Falkirk's lang And cold and wet and weary My trade it is the weavin In the bonnie toun o Leven And we'll drink a health tae the farmers' dames Wha'll buy oor cloth the morn {Chorus} Ye can see them aw, the lads o the fair Lads fae the Forth and the Carron water Workin lads and lads wi gear Lads wha'd sell ye the provost's daughter Sodgers back fae the German wars Peddlers up fae the Border And lassies wi an eye for mair than the kye At the trystin fair at Falkirk {Verse 2} Come, Georgie, haud the pony For the path is steep and stony And it's three lang weeks fae the Isle o Skye And the beasts are thin and bony We'll tak the last o the siller And buy oorsels a gill or twa And drink tae the lads wha'll buy oor kye In Falkirk's toun the morn {Chorus} Ye can see them aw, the lads o the fair Lads fae the Forth and the Carron water Workin lads and lads wi gear Lads wha'd sell ye the provost's daughter Sodgers back fae the German wars Peddlers up fae the Border And lassies wi an eye for mair than the kye At the trystin fair at Falkirk {Verse 3} Staun' hear and I'll show ye Thare's the toun below ye But we'd best bide here in the barn the night For the nightwatch dinna know ye My brother, he's a plowman And I'm for feein now, man And we'll drink tae the price o the harvest corn In Falkirk's toun the morn {Chorus} Ye can see them aw, the lads o the fair Lads fae the Forth and the Carron water Workin lads and lads wi gear Lads wha'd sell ye the provost's daughter Sodgers back fae the German wars Peddlers up fae the Border And lassies wi an eye for mair than the kye At the trystin fair at Falkirk {Verse 4} The wark o weavin's over Likewise the days o the drover And the plowboy sits on the tractor now Too high to see the clover The warkin's no sae steady But the lads are aye still ready Tae drink a health tae the wirkin man In Falkirk's toun the morn {Chorus} Ye can see them aw, the lads o the fair Lads fae the Forth and the Carron water Workin lads and lads wi gear Lads wha'd sell ye the provost's daughter Sodgers back fae the German wars Peddlers up fae the Borders And lassies wi an eye for mair than the kye At the trystin fair at Falkirk Ye can see them aw, the lads o the fair Lads fae the Forth and the Carron water Workin lads and lads wi gear Lads wha'd sell ye the provost's daughter Sodgers back fae the German wars Peddlers up fae the Borders And lassies wi an eye for mair than the kye At the trystin fair at Falkirk