Mill O'Tifty
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At Mellow Tifty there lived a man
In the neighbourhood of Fyvie
And he had a lovely daughter dear
Whose name was Bonnie Annie
Lord Fyvie had a trumpeter
By the name o' Andrew Lammie
And he had the art to win the heart
Of Mellow Tifty's Annie
Lord Fyvie he cam' tae the mill
Where lived Bonnie Annie
His trumpeter beat him before
Even the same Andrew Lammie
Her mother cried out tae the door
Saying "Come here to me, my Annie
And I dare you see a bonnier man
Than the trumpeter of Fyvie"
"Nothing," she said, "but I am sore
Alas for Bonnie Annie
She dare na own her heart was won
By the servant Andrew Lammie"
At night as I gae tae their beds
I sleepit soon, but Annie
Loved so repressed her tender breast
Thinkin' on Andrew Lammie
"The first time my love and I met
Was in the woods of Fyvie
You called me mistress, I said no
I was Tifty's Bonnie Annie"
Her faither cam' tae hear o' this
And a letter wrote tae Fyvie
To say his daughter was bewitched
By the trumpeter of Fyvie
Lord Fyvie he cam' tae the mill
Saying "What ails you, Bonnie Annie?"
"Oh it's auld for love that I am cast down
For the love of Andrew Lammie"
"Oh Tifty, Tifty, gie consent
And let your daughter marry
And it'll be tae hae no higher degree
Than the servant Andrew Lammie"
"If she'd been born no as the jokin'
As she is rich in beauty
I wad hae ta'en the lass no sell
And made her my ain lady"
"Oh Fyvie's lands are far and wide
And they are wondrous bonnie
But I wad na trade my ain dear love
No for a' your lands o' Fyvie"
As her faither did her scorn
And likewise did her mother
Her sisters they did her disown
Oh, but ways made for her brother
Her brother struck her wondrous sore
Wae cruel blows and mony
He's broke her back on the templestone
Afore liking Andrew Lammie
"Oh faither, mother, sisters a'
Why's the cruelty to your Annie?
My heart was broken first by love
Noo my brother's broken her body"
"Oh mother, mother, mark my bed
And turn my head tae Fyvie
For it's there I'll lie and there I'll die
For the servant Andrew Lammie"