Hieland Laddie
Traditional:
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Was you ever in Quebec?
Bonnie Laddie , Hieland laddie
Stowing lumber on the deck
Bonnie Hie - land Laddie
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Way hey and away we’ll go
Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie
Way hey and away we’ll go
My bonnie, Hie - land Laddie
Was you ever in Mobile bay,
Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie?
Screwing cotton all the day
Bonnie, Hie - land Laddie …..
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Was you ever in Mi – ra – ma - shee?
Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie?
Where you tie up to a tree
Bonnie, Hie – land Laddie ….
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Was you ever in New Bedford port,
Bonnie, Laddie, Hieland Laddie?
With the girls did you cavort?
Bonnie, Hieland Lad – die…
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Was you ever in Baltimore
Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie?
Dancing on the sanded floor
Bonnie Hie - land Laddie…
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Was you ever round Cape Horn
Bonnie Laddie , Hieland Laddie?
Where you wish to God you’d never been born?
Bonnie Hie - land Laddie?..
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