Soosie MacLean (intro)

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1. I went to a tea party three weeks ago,

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I had never been at one before.

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I was dressed up in my best, just like this,

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and got there at a quarter to four.

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And the lassie that served me my tea was a queen,

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one o' the bonniest I've ever seen,

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Soosie MacLean is her name and I'll tell,

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I've never done naething but sing to mysel' since I met her.

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Soo.........sie MacLean, when are you going to change your name?

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Just say the word and I'll make ye my wife,

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and I’ll love you forever the rest o' yer life.

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2. I asked her if she ever been in love,

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and she told me that she never had.

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Well, I said, "Ye're a love," och! I said "Ye're a dove."

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But she just said, "Away you, ye're mad."

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I teased her and squeezed her, she said I was rough,

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then she gave me a cuff on the jaw wi' her muff.

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But when I got hame, I sat soon and wrote

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a letter to tell her, and this is the note that I wrote her.

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Soo.........sie MacLean, when are you going to change your name?

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Just say the word and I'll make ye my wife,

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and I’ll love you forever the rest o' yer life.

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3. Her father and mither invited me soon,

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to the hoose, 'cause they wanted to see,

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Soosie's selection and so I went down

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for a chat and a wee cup o' tea.

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We strolled down the garden, sat under a tree,

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it got darker and darker, that I couldn't see.

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But when the moon came out on to the scene,

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I snuggled close, she said, "What do you mean?" I said :

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(Sir Henry Lauder)