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The Overgate (Field Recording)
Sam Shackleton
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It's just a traditional song
Yeah, it's just like a traditional folk song, I'm pretty sure
I don't know where it came from, but it's you know
One of those songs that's just so old no one knows who wrote it, hahahahahah
Yeah-hah
As I come in the Overgate I met a bonnie lass
She winked at me wi' the tail oโ her e'e as I went rovin' past
Wae my torrin a, lilt fa laddie, lilt fa laddie toorin aye
With my rovinโ eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'
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I asked her if she'd come with me and drink a wee bit wine
And as we walked along the road she put her haun in mine
Wae my torrin a, lilt fa laddie, lilt fa laddie toorin aye
With my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'
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Well, she took me tae her sitting room a wee bit down the burn
It's true what Rabbie Burns did say, a man was made to mourn
Wae my torrin a, lilt fa laddie, lilt fa laddie toorin aye
With my rovinโ eye folla diddle aye, my rovinโ eye dum a derry o'
With my rovinโ eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'
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Well, in then came her hubby man wha hit me on the heid
And then he ran me down the stair and I thought I'd end up dead
Wae my torrin a, lilt fa laddie, lilt fa laddie toorin aye
With my rovinโ eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'
With my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'
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Well, I have lost my tartan kilt, my watch chain, and my purse
Says she, "I've lost my ain gid man and ye must admit that's worse"
Wae my torrin a, lilt fa laddie, lilt fa laddie toorin aye
With my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'
With my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'
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