Rare’s Hill

Lyrics

Last year at Lady Mary's fair when I was in Dundee I fell in with an old sweetheart, and he being on a spree His company I did accept and with him I did go But to my sad misfortune it proved my overthrow We wandered east, we wandered west, we wandered through the Law He said he'd see me home that night but home I never saw He kept beside me all the while, resolved to have his will And by and by, we lost our way at the back of Rare's Hill And whеn we got to Rare's Hill, the laddiе said to me "We can't go home tonight my dear, It's far too late you see But the night is warm and in my pouch, I've got another gill So we can lie down here content, at the back of Rare's Hill." And then he poured a nip apiece to quiet all alarm When I awoke next morning we were locked in each other's arms He handed me the bottle, another glass to fill And I drank his heath and store o' wealth, at the back of Rare's Hill And then the laddie said to me, "Oh lassie, do not mourn For while I draw the breath of life, from you I'll never turn If you will come to yonder town, my wedded wife to be We'll be the happiest couple yet was ever in Dundee." Well, it's may I never prosper, and may I never thrive In anything I take in hand as long as I'm alive If e'er I say I rue the day, my laddie had his will Success to Lady Mary's fair, and the back of Rare's Hill