Reres Hill

Last year at Lady Mary's fair when I was in Dundee

I fell in with an old sweetheart and he being on a spree

His company I did accept and with him I did go

All to my sad misfortune for it proved my overthrow

We wandered east, we wandered west, we wandered round the Law

He said he'd take me home that night but home I never saw

He kept beside me all the while resolved to have his will

And by and by we lost our way at the back of Rare's Hill

For when we got to Rare's Hill, the laddie said to me

We can't go home tonight my dear, it's far to late you'll see

But the night is warm and in my pouch, I have another gill

So let us lay down here content, at the back of Rare's Hill

We had another nip a piece to quieten our alarms

When I awoke in the morning we were locked in each other's arms

He handed me the bottle, another glass to fill

And I drank his heath and store o' wealth, at the back of Rare's Hill

And then the lad he said to me, oh, lassie do not mourn

For while I have the breath of life, fae you I'll never turn

If you will come to yonder town, my wedded wife you'll be

We'll be the happiest couple t'was ever in Dundee

So it's may I never prosper, and may I never thrive

In anything I take in hand as long as I'm alive

If e'er I say I rue the day, my laddie had his will

Success to Lady May's fair, and the back of Rare's Hill