Burl Ives - Wee Cooper O’ Fife lyrics
[Burl Ives - Wee Cooper O’ Fife lyrics]
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo
He had gotten a gentle wife
Hey, willy wallacky, hey John Dougal
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo
She would na bake, she would na brew
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo
For the spilin' o' her comely hue
Hey, willy wallacky, hey John Dougal
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo
She would na card, she would na spin
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo
For the shamin' o' her gentle kin
Hey, willy wallacky, hey John Dougal
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo
The cooper has gone to his woo' shack
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo
And put a sheep's skin across his wife's back
Hey, willy wallacky, hey John Dougal
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo
"I will na thrash sheep or your gentle kin
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo
But I will thrash my ain sheepskin"
Hey, willy wallacky, hey John Dougal
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo
Now ye, wha gotten a gentle wife
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo
Just send ye for the wee cooper o' Fife
Hey, willy wallacky, hey John Dougal
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo
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