[Verse 1]
The blude-red rose at Yule may blaw
The simmer lilies bloom in snaw
The frost may freeze the deepest sea
But an auld man shall never daunton me
[Chorus]
To daunton me, and me sae young
Wi his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue
That is the thing you ne'er shall see
For an auld man shall never daunton me
[Verse 2]
For a' his meal and a' his maut
For a' his fresh beef and his saut
For a' his gold and white monie
An auld man shall never daunton me
[Chorus]
To daunton me, and me sae young
Wi his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue
That is the thing you nе'er shall see
For an auld man shall never daunton mе
[Verse 3]
His gear may buy him kye and yowes
His gear may buy him glens and knowes;
But me he shall not buy nor fee
For an auld man shall never daunton me
[Chorus]
To daunton me, and me sae young
Wi his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue
That is the thing you ne'er shall see
For an auld man shall never daunton me
Other Ewan MacColl songs:
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