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Daintie Davie.
The lasses fain wad ha'e frae me
A sang to keep them a' in glee,
While ne'er a ane I ha'e to gi'e,
But only Daintie Davie.
I learn'd it early in my youth,
When barley bannocks caus'd a drouth,
Whar cronies met to weet their mouth,
Our sang was Daintie Davie.
O, Dantie Davie is the thing,
I never kent a canty spring,
That e'r deserv'd the Highlan' fling
Sae weel as Daintie Davie.
A sang to keep them a' in glee,
While ne'er a ane I ha'e to gi'e,
But only Daintie Davie.
I learn'd it early in my youth,
When barley bannocks caus'd a drouth,
Whar cronies met to weet their mouth,
Our sang was Daintie Davie.
O, Dantie Davie is the thing,
I never kent a canty spring,
That e'r deserv'd the Highlan' fling
Sae weel as Daintie Davie.
When friends and fouk at bridals meet,
Their drouthy mou's and craigs to weet,
The story canna be complete
Without they've Daintie Davie.
Sae, ladies, tune your spinnets weel,
An' lilt it up wi' a' your skill,
There's nae strathspey nor Highland reel,
Comes up to Daintie Davie.
O, Daintie Davie, &c.
Their drouthy mou's and craigs to weet,
The story canna be complete
Without they've Daintie Davie.
Sae, ladies, tune your spinnets weel,
An' lilt it up wi' a' your skill,
There's nae strathspey nor Highland reel,
Comes up to Daintie Davie.
O, Daintie Davie, &c.
Tho' bardies a' in former times,
Ha'e stain'd my sang, wae worth their rhymes!
Ha'e stain'd my sang, wae worth their rhymes!
