The Laird O Cockpen letra

The Laird o' Cockpen he was proud and he's great
But his mind was ta'en up wi' the things o' the state
He's wanted a new wife his braw home tae keep
But favour wi' wooin' was fashous tae seek

Doon by the dykeside there's a lady did dwell
It's at his table heid he was sure she'd look well
McLeish's ae daughter o' Clavers ha' lee
A penniless lass wi' a lang pedigree

His wig was well pouthered and as good as new
His waistcoat was white and his suit it was blue
He's put on a ring and a sword and cocked hat
And who could refuse him, the laird, wi' a' that?

He's ta'en the grey mare and he's rade cannily
He's tapped at the yett o' the Clavers ha' lee
Gae tell mistress Jean tae come speedily ben
For she's wanted tae speak tae the Laird o' Cockpen

And when she cam' by it's he bowed fu' low
And what was his errand he soon let her know
Amazed was the laird when the lady said naw
And we' a leigh courtsey she turned awa'

Dumfoundered he was but nae sign did he gie
He's mounted his horse and he's rade cannily
And aft times he thinks as he rides through the glen
She was daft tae refuse me, the Laird o' Cockpen

The Tannahill Weavers - Letras

• A Night Visitor's Song
• Aikendrum
• Are Ye Sleeping Maggie?
• At the End of a Pointed Gun
• Auld Lang Syne
• Birnie Bouzle
• Bonnie Was Yon Rosie Briar
• Braw Burn the Bridges
• Bustles and Bonnets
• Cam Ye by Atholl
• Cam' Ye O'er Frae France
• Captain Ward
• Come Under My Plaidie
• Craigieburn Wood
• Dark Eyed Molly
• Drink A Round
• Dumbarton's Drums
• Fareweel You Silver Darlins
• Farewell to Fiunary
• Fisher Row
• Grat For Gruel
• Hame
• Harris and the Mare
• Helen Of Kirkconnell
• Hieland Harry
• I Once Loved a Lass
• It Was All For Our Rightful King
• Jamie Raeburn's Farewell
• Jock Stewart
• Johnnie Cope
• Joy of My Heart
• Lady Dysie
• Lady Mary Anne
• Land of Light
• Lassie wi the Lintwhite Locks
• Last May a Braw Wooer
• Logie o Buchan
• Maggie Lauder
• Malley Leigh
• Marie Christine
• Mary Morrison
• My Love's in Germanie
• Ower the Hills and Faur Awa
• Ower the Moor Amang the Heather
• Rich Man's Silver
• Robin Tamson's Smiddy
• The American Stranger
• The Athol Gathering
• The Bergen
• The Braes o' Balquhidder
• The Braes o' Gleniffer
• The Brewer Laddie
• The Cuillins of Rhum
• The Ewie wi' the Crookit Horn
• The Final Trawl
• The Gallant Shearers
• The Great Ships
• The Gypsy Laddie
• The Laird O Cockpen
• The Overgate
• The Plooboy Laddies
• The Queen Amang the Heather
• The Rigs o Rye
• The Rose Amang the Thorn
• The Rovin Heilandman
• The Scottish Settler's Lament
• The Shearin's No For You
• The Standard on the Braes o' Mar
• The Terror Time
• The Three Healths
• The Trooper and the Maid
• The Wars o Germany
• The Yellow Haired Laddie
• Tranent Muir
• Up in the Mornin's no for Me
• Welcome Royal Cherlie
• Westlin Winds
• When the Kye Come Hame
• Wild Mountain Thyme