Lassie Wi’ the Yellow Coatie

Ewan MacColl * Track #9 On Popular Scottish Songs

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Album Popular Scottish Songs

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Ewan MacColl

1961

Lassie Wi' the Yellow Coatie by Ewan MacColl

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Ewan MacColl

About

The author of many of the verses of this song, James Duff, know as “The Methven Poet”, was a gardener by trade. A volume of his poems which includes the text of this song, was published in Perth in 1616. It is now fairly well know throughout Northeast Scotland.

Lassie Wi’ the Yellow Coatie Lyrics

Lassie wi' a yellow coatie
Will ye wed a mewlin jokie?
Lassie wi' a yellow coatie
Will ye bose and gang wi' me?

I hae meat and milk a' plenty
I hae keel and cakes fo' denty
I've a bottom ben fo' genty
But I want a wife like thee

Lassie wi' a yellow coatie
Will ye wed a mewlin jokie?
Lassie wi' a yellow coatie
Will ye bose and gang wi' me?

Wi' ma lassie, I'm my dogie
Cot the lea and thru the boggiе
Ni' none other was e'еr servante
Our as glie as we will be

Lassie wi' a yellow coatie
Will ye wed a mewlin jokie?
Lassie wi' a yellow coatie
Will ye bose and gang wi' me?

Haste ye lassie tae my bosum
While the roses are in blossom
Time is precious tae my roseland
Flowers will fade and sae will ye

Lassie wi' a yellow coatie
Will ye wed a mewlin jokie?
Lassie wi' a yellow coatie
Will ye bose and gang wi' me?

Lassie Wi’ the Yellow Coatie Q&A

Who wrote Lassie Wi’ the Yellow Coatie's ?

Lassie Wi’ the Yellow Coatie was written by Traditional.

What does Merlin mean in English

Do you mean ‘Mewlin’?

If so, it’s a shortening of ‘Mewling’, as in ‘mewl’ – querulously cry or plead. (think a kitten that wants milk).

a ‘mewlin jokie’ then, taking jokie as jockie means a itinerant man who is asking her for her hand

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