Kate Dalrymple chords by The Corries

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In a wee cot hoose far across the moor,
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Where pea-weeps, plovers, and waups cry dreary,

Liv'd an auld maid for mony a lang year,
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Never a lover cam tae caa her dearie.

Lonely lassie was Kate Dalrymple,

Thrifty quine was Kate Dalrymple;
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Nae music, a-taw but the clair burnie's wimple
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Could be heard doon at dwallin place o' Kate Dalrymple.

Face had the smack o' the gruesome and the grim,
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From the attentions of her lovers tae defend her;

Long Roman nose reaching doon tae her chin,
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That pits ye in mind o' the witch o' Endor;

Wiggle in her walk had Kate Dalrymple,

Snivvle in her talk had Kate Dalrymple;
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Many a cornelian and cairngorm pimple,
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Was ahangit tae the craggy face o' Kate Dalrymple.


Such are the ups an the doons in life,
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There's aye some fate fallin tapsalteerie;

Kate fell heir tae a rich estate,
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Never lots o' lovers wid she gang weary;

Lawyer cam a-wooin o' Kate Dalrymple,

Provost and a priest for Kate Dalrymple,
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Ev'ry loo'ers' face had long smiling dimple;
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Now they dinna caa her Kate, they caa her Miss Dalrymple.


Happen then she thought when she lived by hersel,
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She could marry Willie Speedyspool, the sarkin weaver;

Unto Willie she the secret did tell,
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For love more interested did receive her;

Flung by his beddle for Kate Dalrymple,

Burned his treddle for Kate Dalrymple;
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Tho' his right eye was skaillie and his left leg was limp,
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Well he's won the heart and got the hand o' Kate Dalrymple.