Rattlin, Roarin' Willie

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Author: Robert Burns Tune: Rattlin' roarin' Willie

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Digital Tradition, rtlnroar

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X:153
T:Rattlin, Roarin' Willie
S:Digital Tradition, rtlnroar
N:Author: Robert Burns
N:Tune: Rattlin' roarin' Willie
O:Scots
Z:dt:rtlnroar
M:9/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=100
W:O, rattlin, roarin Willie,
W:O, he held to the fair,
W:An for to sell his fiddle
W:An buy some other ware;
W:But parting wi' his fiddle,
W:The saut tear blin't his e'e-
W:And rattlin, roarin Willie,
W:Ye're welcome hame to me.
W:
W:O Willie, come sell your fiddle,
W:O, sell your fiddle sae fine!
W:O Willie, come sell your fiddle,
W:And buy a pint o wine!
W:If I should sell my fiddle,
W:The warl' would think I was mad;
W:For monie a rantin day
W:My fiddle an I hae had.
W:
W:As I cam by Crochallan,
W:I cannilie keekit ben;
W:Rattlin, roaring Willie,
W:Was sittin at yon boord-en';
W:Sitting at yon boord-en',
W:And amang guid companie;
W:Rattlin, roarin Willie,
W:Ye're welcome hame to me.
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