Hamish Imlach
The McCalmans
Josh MacRae (Scottish)
Hamish Imlach
The Humblebums
The McCalmans
Bert Jansch
Matt McGinn
Archie Fisher
Gerry Rafferty
Billy Connolly
Matt McGinn (SCT) & & Pete Stanley & Allan Taylor
The Humblebums
Billy Connolly
Gerry Rafferty
[Verse 1]
A trooper lad cam here ae nicht
Wi' riding, he was weary
A trooper lad cam here ae nicht
When the moon shone bright and clearly
[Chorus]
Bonnie lassie I'll lie near ye yet
Bonnie lassie I'll lie near ye
I'll gar all your ribbons reel
In the mornin' [air/'ere] I leave ye
[Verse 2]
She's ta'en his horse wi' a bridlin' rein
She's led it tae the stable
She's ta'en the trooper by the hand
Sayin' "Soldier, are you able?"
[Chorus]
Bonnie lassie I'll lie near ye yet
Bonnie lassie I'll lie near ye
I'll gar all your ribbons reel
In the mornin' [air/'ere] I leave ye
[Verse 3]
They hadn'a been but an hour in bed
An hour but and a quarter
When the drums come sundin' through the tomb[?]
An' ilk a beat grew shorter[?]
[Chorus]
Bonnie lassie I'll lie near ye yet
Bonnie lassie I'll lie near ye
I'll gar all your ribbons reel
In the mornin' [air/'ere] I leave ye
[Verse 4]
When will you come back again?
My ain dear soldier laddie
When will you come back again
And be your bairnie's daddy?
[Verse 5]
Ah hauld your tang, my bonnie lass
Ne'er let this parting grieve ye
When cockleshells grow heather bells
Well I'll come back and see ye
[Chorus]
Bonnie lassie I'll lie near ye yet
Bonnie lassie I'll lie near ye
I'll gar all your ribbons reel
In the mornin' [air/'ere] I leave ye
[Verse 6]
She pu'd her coat up o'er her head
An' she followed him doon through Sterlin'
But she grew sae fu' that she couldn'ae go
And he left her in Dunfermlin'
[Chorus]
Bonnie lassie I'll lie near ye yet
Bonnie lassie I'll lie near ye
An' I'll gar all your ribbons reel
In the mornin' [air/'ere] I'll leave ye
The Trooper and the Maid was written by Traditional.
Archie Fisher released The Trooper and the Maid on Mon Jan 01 1968.