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Annotation:Sweet Tibby Dunbar
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SWEET TIBBY DUNBAR. AKA - "Tibbie Dunbar." AKA and see: "Draught of Ale (2) (A)," "Farrell's Pipes," "Fourpenny Girl (The)," "Grania's Welcome Home (2)," "Highway to Dublin," "Johnny MacGill," "Langstrom's Pony," "Priest's Leap (3) (The)," "Saddle the Pony (3)." Scottish, Irish; Air and Jig (6/8 time). "Tibbie Dunbar" is a poem by wikipedia:Robert_Burns, written in 1789 and set to the tune "Johnny MacGill/McGill" (the eponymous composition of a Johnny M'Gill, a fiddler of Girvan).
O wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar?
O wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar?
Wilt thou ride on a horse, or be drawn in a car,
Or walk by my side, O sweet Tibbie Dunbar?
I care na thy daddie, his lands and his money,
I care na thy kin, sae high and sae lordly;
But sae that thou'lt hae me for better for waur,
And come in thy coatie, sweet Tibbie Dunbar.
