Digital Tradition Mirror

What My Minnie Did

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What My Minnie Did
(Robert Burns)

cho: O wat ye what my minnie did
     My minnie did my minnie did
     O wat ye what my minnie did
     My minnie did to me, jo.

She pat me in a dark room
  A dark room a dark room
She pat me in a dark room
  A styme I couldna see, jo.

An' there cam' in a lang man
  A meikle man a strang man
An' there cam'in a lang man
  He might hae worried me, jo.

For he pou'd out a lang thing
   A meikle thing a strang thing
For he pou'd out a lang thing
   Just like a stannin' tree, jo.

An' I had but a wee thing
  A little thing a wee thing
An' I had but a wee thing
  Just like a needle e'e, jo.

But an I had wanted that
  Had wanted that had wanted that
But an I had wanted that
  He might hae sticket me, jo.

For he shot in his lang thing
  His meikle thing his strang thing
For he shot in his lang thing
  Into my needle e'e, jo.

But had it no come out again
  Come out again come out again
But had it no come out again
  It might hae stay't for me, jo

Tune: Auld moulie Maidenhead.
ARB

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