The Overgate (Field Recording)

It's just a traditional song
Yeah, it's just like a traditional folk song, I'm pretty sure
I don't know where it came from, but it's you know
One of those songs that's just so old no one knows who wrote it, hahahahaha
Yeah

As I come in the Overgate I met a bonnie lass
She winked at me wi' the tail o' her e'e as I went rovin' past

Wae my toorin a, lilt fa laddie, lilt fa laddie toorin aye
With my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'

I asked her if she'd come wae me and drink a wee bit wine
And as we walked along the road she put her haund in mine

Wae my toorin a, lilt fa laddie, lilt fa laddie toorin aye
With my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'

Well, she took me tae her sitting room a wee bit doun the burn
It's true what Rabbie Burns did say, "A man was made tae mourn"

Wae my toorin a, lilt fa laddie, lilt fa laddie toorin aye
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'

Well, in then cambe her hubby man, what hit me on the heid
And then he ran me doun the stair and I thocht I'd end up deid

Wae my toorin a, lilt fa laddie, lilt fa laddie toorin aye
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'

Well, I have lost my tartan kilt, my watch chain, and my purse
Said she, "I've lost my ain gud man and you must admit that's worse"

Wae my toorin a, lilt fa laddie, lilt fa laddie toorin aye
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye, my rovin' eye dum a derry o'

Hey, thank you, haha
Woo, hahahaha, cheers, that was better, hahaha