The Road And The Miles To Dundee
Cauld winter was howling o’er muir and o’er mountain,
And wild was the surge on the dark rolling sea,
When I met about day-break a bonnie young lassie,
Wha asked me the road and the miles to Dundee.
Said I, “My young lassie, I canna weel tell ye,
The road and the distance I canna weel gie;
But if ye’ll permit me tae gang a wee bittie,
I’ll show ye the road and the miles tae Dundee.
At once she consented and gave me her arm;
Ne’er a word did I speir wha the lassie might be,
She appeared like an angel in feature and form
As she walked by my side on the road to Dundee.
At length wi’ the Howe o’ Strathmartine behind us,
And the spires of the toon in full view we could see;
She said, “Gentle sir, I can never forget ye
For showing me far on the road to Dundee.
“This ring and this purse take to prove I am grateful!
And some simple token in trust ye’ll gie me,
And in times to come I’ll the laddie remember
That showed me the road and the miles to Dundee.”
I took the gowd pin from the scarf on my bosom,
And said, “Keep ye this in remembrance o’ me.”
Then bravely I kissed the sweet lips o’ the lassie
Ere I parted wi’ her on the road to Dundee.
So here’s to the lassie – I ne’er can forget her –
And ilka young laddie that’s listening to me;
And never be sweer to convoy a young lassie,
Though it’s only to show her the road to Dundee.
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