Mill O Tiftys Annie chords by Iona Fyfe

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Drop DbDb (DbDb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)

Verse 1:
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At Mill o’ Tifty, there bade a man
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In the neighbourhood o’ Fyvie
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He had a bonny dother fair,
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An’ her name was bonny Annie

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Her skin was like the springing flo'er
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That greets the rosy morning,
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Her innocence and graceful mien
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Her beauteous face adorning

Verse 3:
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Lord Fyvie had a trumpeter,
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An’ his name wis Andra Lammie
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An’ he hid the airt tae win the hairt
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O’ Mill o Tifty’s Annie

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Lord Fyvie he rade by the door
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Far dwelt sweet Tifty’s Annie
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And is trumpeter rode him afore
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And his name wis Andra Lammie

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Her mither ca’ed her tae the door
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Come here tae me, my Annie
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Did ye iver see sic a bonny loon
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Than the trumpeter o Fyvie?

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Naething she said, but signing sore,
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Twas alas for bonnie Annie
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For she durst not own that her hairt wis won
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By the trumpeter o’ Fyvie

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The first time that this couple met,
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It was in the wids o’ Fyvie
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And his handsome face and flatterin tongue
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Seen won the hairt o’ Annie

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But her faither cam tae hear o this
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And a letter wrote tae Fyvie
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Tae tell his dother had been bewitched
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By his servant Andra Lammie

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Faan Fyvie hid the letter read
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He ca’ed for Andra Lammie
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Pray tell me fit is this ye’ve daen
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Tae Mill o' Tifty's Annie

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In wicked airt, I’ve play nae pairt
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Nor thocht tae injure ony
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For it’s honest love, that won the hairt
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O' Mill o' Tifty's Annie

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But tae Edinburgh, he wis sent
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Tae brak his tie wi Annie
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For they tocht that she wid seen forget
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Her love for Andra Lammie

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And the next time that Lord Fyvie passed
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He caught a sicht o Annie
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An said “If ye cam o higher kin,
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I wid maak ye my ain lady”

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Says she “yer lands are far and wide
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And they are wonderous bonny
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But I widna leave my ain true love
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For a' the lands o’ Fyvie”

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Then her faither bat her wondrous sore
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Wi' cruel strokes and mony
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Her sisters also took their score,
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But wae be tae her brither

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For her brither struck her wonderous sair
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Wi cruel strokes and mony
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And he’s broke her back across a stane
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All for lovin Andra Lammie

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Oh mither mother, mak me my bed
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An’ lay my face tae Fyvie
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For it’s there I’ll lie and it’s there I’ll die
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A’ for loving Andra lammie

Verse 17:
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Now people here baith far and near
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They pity Tifty’s Annie
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Wha died for lovin one peer lad,
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For lovin Andra Lammie