The False Lover Won Back
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger * Track #1 On Classic Scots Ballads
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The False Lover Won Back by Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
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This is a classic Scots ballad, hence the name of the 1959 album Classic Scots ballads.
Scots is a language spoken in Scotland of Germanic origin. It has been spoken for hundreds of years, since the 1400s BC to present.
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The False Lover Won Back Lyrics
The sun shines high on yonder hill
And low in yonder dell
The place where me and my love dwells
The sun, it never goes doon
Bonny love, the sun, it never goes doon
"Gae saddle to me
The bonny black steed
Or saddle to me the broon
That I may ride a' aroond, bonny love
That I may ride a' aroond"
Bonny love, that I may ride a' aroond
"It's when will ye be back, bonny love?
It's when will ye be hame?"
"When the heather hills are nine times brunt
And all grown green again"
Bonny love, and all grown green again
"O, that's ower lang tae bide awa'
That's ower lang fae hame
The baby that's nae born yet
Will be ower lang wantin' its name"
Bonny love, will be ower lang wantin' its name
He turned aboot his high horse heid
And fast awa' rode he
And she's kilted up her gay clothin
And fast, fast followed she
Bonny love, and fast, fast followed she
The firsten toon that they cam tae
He bocht her hose and sheen
And he bade her rue and return noo
And nae mair follow him
Bonny love, and nae more follow him
"It's love for love that I do want
Love for love again
It's hard when I like ye sae weel
And ye nae me again"
Bonny love, and ye nae me again
The neesten toon that they cam til
He bocht her a brooch and ring
And he bade her rue and return noo
And nae more follow him
Bonny love, and nae more follow him
"It's love for love that I do want
Love for love again
It's hard when I like ye sae weel
And ye nae me again"
Bonny love, and ye nae me again
The neesten toon that they cam til
He bocht her a weddin' ring
And he bade her dry her rosy cheeks
And he would tak her wi' him
Bonny love, and he would tak her wi' him
"It's love, for love, that I do want
Love for love again
And there's nane but you for me, bonny love
And there's nane but you for me"
Bonny love, and there's nane but you for me
There's comfort for the comfortless
And honey for the bee
"And there's nane for you but me, bonny love
And there's nane for you but me"
Bonny love, and there's nane for you but me
"It's love for love that I hae got
Love for love again
So turn your high horse heid aboot
And we will ride for hame"
Bonny love, and we will ride for hame
The False Lover Won Back Q&A
When did Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger release The False Lover Won Back?
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger released The False Lover Won Back on Sun Jan 01 1956.