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
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
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
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
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
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
“Gae, get ye goon, ye cauldrife wooer
Ye soor-lookin cauldrife wooer”
I straight-way showed him tae the door
Saying, “Cam nae mair tae woo, o”
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
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
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
Out cam I and sneered and smiled
“Ye 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, o”
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
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