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Bogie's Bonnie Bell

from Culled From the Garden 1991 by Atwater-Donnelly

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Bogie's Bonnie Bell
Traditional Scottish

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One Whitsun Day in Huntleigh town
Twas there I did agree
With Bogie of Kearney
A six month for to fee

To drive his two best horses
The cart and herry and plough
And the only thing about farm work
That I very well could do

Now Bogie he had a daughter,
Her name was Isabel
She was the lily of the valley
And the primrose of the dell

And went she went out walking
She chose me for her guide
Down by the burn of Kearney
To watch the small fish glide

When six long months had passed and gone
This lassie's lost her bloom
The red fell from her rosy cheeks
And her tears came tumbling down

When nine long months had passed and gone
She brought forth to me a son
And I was quickly sent for,
To see what could be done

Instrumental

I offered for to marry her,
But ah, that wouldn't do
He said, "You're not a match for my Bonnie Belle
And she's no match for you."

Then he sent me packing down the road
With not a penny of my fee
So all you lads of Huntleigh side,
A long farewell to ye

Now she's married to a tinker chap
Who comes from Huntleigh town
With pots and pans and ladles
He scours the country round

And maybe she's gotten the better match
Old Bogie cannot tell
But I was first to win the heart
Of Bogie's Bonnie Belle

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from Culled From the Garden 1991, released April 9, 1991
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, guitar
Elwood Donnelly: vocals, guitar

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Atwater-Donnelly Warren, Rhode Island

Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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