(When I Was No But) Sweet Sixteen

Lyrics

[Verse 1] When I was no but sweet sixteen With beauty just a-blooming-o It's little, little did I think At nineteen I'd be greeting-o [Chorus] For the ploughboy lads, they're gey braw lads But they're false and they're deceiving-o For they'll take your all and gang awa And leave their lasses grieving-o [Verse 2] Oh, I was fond of company And gave the ploughboys freedom-o To kiss and clap me in the dark When all my friends were sleeping-o [Chorus] For the ploughboy lads, they're gey braw lads But they're false and they're deceiving-o For they'll take your all and they'll gang awa And leave their lasses grieving-o [Verse 3] But if I had kent that I now ken And taken my mother's bidding-o Oh, I wouldn't be sitting by our fireside Crying hushabye my bairnie-o [Chorus] For the ploughboy lads, they're gey braw lads But they're false and they're deceiving-o For they'll take your all and they'll gang awa And leave their lasses grieving-o [Verse 4] And it's hushaba for I'm your ma But the Lord knows who's your daddy-o So it's girls beware and you take care Of the ploughboys in the gloaming-o [Chorus] For the ploughboy lads they're gey braw lads But they're false and they're deceiving-o For they'll take your all, they'll gang awa And leave their lasses grieving-o