[Intro]
[Verse]
There cam a young man tae ma daddie s door
My daddie s door, ma daddie s door
There cam a young man tae ma daddie s door
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Chorus]
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Verse]
I was baking when he cam
When he cam, when he cam
I took him in and gied him a scone
To thaw his frozen mou, o
[Chorus]
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Verse]
I set him in aside the bink
I gaed him bread and ale tae drink
Ne er a blythe styme wid he blink
Until his wame was fu, o
[Chorus]
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Verse]
âGae, get ye goon, ye cauldrife wooer
Ye soor-lookin cauldrife wooerâ
I straight-way showed him tae the door
Saying, âCam nae mair tae woo, oâ
[Chorus]
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Verse]
There lay a deuk dub afore the door
Afore the door, afore the door
There lay a deuk dub afore the door
And there fell he, I trow, o
[Chorus]
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Verse]
Out cam I and sneered and smiled
âYe cam tae woo and ye re aa beguiled
Ye ve faan in the dirt and ye re aa befiled
We ll hae nae mair o you, oâ
[Chorus]
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Chorus]
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
Cam seeking me tae woo, o