Piper MacFarlane

From Francis & Day's 2nd Album of Harry Lauder's popular songs

O! A'm Piper MacFarlane and A’m on the beer
But still A’m in love wi’ a  bonnie  wee dear
Ye’d like her yersel’ if ye only could see her
Her faither’s a grocer in Gourock
The first time I met her I’ll never forget
The rain it was raining the weather was wet
I kiss'd her and told her that she was a pet
This bonnie wee lassie frae Gourock

O! she’s a bonnie wee beautiful thing;
I’ve popp’d her the question and bought her the ring
A’m goin’ tae get married sometime in the Spring
But I dinna like to askin’ her faither

O! I took her tae London I did by-the-by
Tae spend a few days wi’ my auld freen’ Mackie
Mac “Who’s the lady?” “D’ye no ken?” said I
“That’s the bonnie wee lassie fra Gourock”
Mac started tae tickle her under the chin
When who but his wife, Missis Mac, should come in
She shifted his whuskers and half o’ his chin
Thro' this bonnie wee lassie fra Gourock

O! I borrow’d twa pounds frae my auld freen Mackie
And I took my wee sweetheart to dine at the Cri
When a masher he started a winkin’ his eye
At my bonnie wee lassie frae Gourock
Her temper it rose - she fair played the deuce!
She walloped his neck wi’ the leg o’ a goose
She hunted the masher all over the hoose
Twas a glo-rious vict’ry for Gourock

O! I bought my wee lassie a nice bit of lace
And a hat and some powder tae puff on her face
We caused a sensation all over the place
Me and my lassie frae Gourock
I treated her handsomely just like a swell
Took her roon’ tae the back o’ a first class hotel
Put her nose tae  the window to smell the nice smell
She’d ne’er smelt a smell like it in Gourock