Eppie Morrie

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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