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Eppie Morrie

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Eppie Morrie

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Four and twenty Highland men

Came from the Carron side

To steal away Eppie Morrie

'Cause she wouldn't be a bride, a bride

Wouldn't be a bride

Out it came her mother then

It was a moonlit night

She couldn't see her daughter

For the moon, it shone so bright, so bright

The moon, it shone so bright

They've taken Eppie Morrie

And a horse they've bound her on

And they're away to Carron side

As fast as horse could gang, could gang

Fast as horse could gang

And Willie's taken his pistol out

And put it to the minister's breast

Oh marry me, marry me, minister

Or else I'll be your priest, your priest

Else I'll be your priest

Chorus:

Haud away from me, Willie

Haud away from me

There's not a man in all Strathdon

Wedded be by me, by me

Wedded be by me

Then mass was sung and bells were rung

And they're away to bed

And Willie and Eppie Morrie

Oh in one bed they were laid, were laid

One bed they were laid

He's taken the shirt from off his back

And kicked away his shoes

And thrown away the chamber key

And naked he lay down, lay down

Naked he lay down

He kissed her on the lily breast

And held her shoulders twa

But aye, she gat and aye, she spat

And turned to the wa', the wa'

Turned to the wa'

They wrestled there all through the night

Before the break of day

But aye, she gat and aye, she spat

And he could not stretch her spey

Could not stretch her spey

(Chorus)

Early in the morning

Before the light of day

In came the maid of Scallater

In gown and shirt alone, alone

Gown and shirt alone

Get up, get up, young woman

And take a drink with me

You might have called me a maiden

I'm as whole as thee, as thee

I'm as whole as thee

Then came young Breadalbane

With a pistol on his side

Oh come away, Eppie Morrie

And I'll make you my bride, my bride

Make you my bride

Go get me a horse, Willie

And get it like a man

And send me back to my mother

A maiden as I came, I came

A maiden as I came

(Chorus 2x)

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