Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics:
Cam Ye By the Kirk
Cam Ye By the Kirk
Cam Ye By the Kirk
1.
Came ye by the kirk,
Came ye by the steeple?
Saw ye our guidman
Riding on a ladle?
Foul fa' the body,
Winna buy a saddle,
Wearing a' his breeks,
Riding on a ladle!
2.
Auld cutty pair, were ye at the fair? saw ye many
people?
Saw ye our guid man riding on a beetle?
Shame tak his wrinkled face that woudna buy a saidle,
Wearing a' his breeks riding on a laidle.
________________________________________________________
(1) Chambers PRS (1847), 180; (1870), 19; Ford CR 22;
MacLennan SNR (1909), 34; NAE (1932), 14; Montgomerie
SNR (1946), 83 (No. 98). A dandling song.
(2) Maclagan GDA (1901), 256, from Argyll.
MS