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When I Was Noo But Sweet Sixteen 
When I Was Noo But Sweet Sixteen 
When I was noo but sweet sixteen, In beauty just a bloomin', O O little, little did I think At nineteen I'd be greetin', O. 
cho: For the plooman lads are gay weel lads They're false and they're deceiving, O They'll gang awa', they'll sail awa' And leave their lasses greetin', O 
If I'd a kent what I do ken And done my mother's biddin', O I would not be here at your fireside Cryin' "Hishie ba, ma bairnie, O" 
O, hishie ba, for I'm your ma, But the Lord knows where's your daddy, O But I'll take good care, and I'll be aware O' the young men in the gloaming, O 
When I was noo but sweet sixteen, In beauty just a bloomin', O O little, little did I think At nineteen I'd be greetin', O. 
sung by Jean Redpath, Jeannie Robertson SOF