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Artist: Burl Ives
Canonical path: /burl-ives/highland-laddie
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Highland Laddie
Read Highland Laddie lyrics by Burl Ives on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Highland Laddie
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Was you ever in Quebec?
Bonny laddie, Highland laddie,
Loading timber on the deck,
My bonny Highland laddie.
High-ho, and away she goes,
Bonny laddie, Highland laddie,
High-ho, and away she goes,
My bonny Highland laddie.
Was you ever in Callao
Where the girls are never slow?
Was you ever in Baltimore
Dancing on the sanded floor?
Was you ever in Mobile Bay,
Screwing cotton by the day?
Was you on the Brummalow,
Where Yankee boys are all the go?
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Burl Ives performs "Highland Laddie", and this lyric page sits inside the Burl Ives catalog on LyroVerse.
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