Dainty Davie

D G

It was in and through the windowbroads,

D A D A

And all the tirliewirlies o'd;

D G

The sweetest kiss that e'er I got,

D Em A D

Was from my Dainty Davie.

G D

O, leeze me on your curly pow,

Em A

Dainty Davie, dainty Davie.

D G

Leeze me on your curly pow,

D Em A D

my ain dear dainty Davie.

It was down amang my daddy's pease,

And underneath the cherry trees;

O there he kist me as he pleased,

For he was mine ain dear Davie.

O, leeze me on...

When he was chased by a dragoon,

Into my bed he was laid doon,

I thought him worthy o' his room,

And he's ay my dainty Davie.

||: O, leeze me on... :||

Pastor David Williamson, siges at være den originale Dainty Davie. Han var på flugt fra forfølgende 'Dragoons' og søgte tilflugt hos Lady Cherrytree som gemte ham i sin datters seng, hvilket han udnyttede. Jean Kerr blev straks gravid og et giftermål blev indgået. Hun var datter af en godsejer, Laird of Cherrtrees (Lord of the Cherrytrees). Pastoren levede fra 1636-1706 og blev i øvrigt gift 7 gange inden han, som han selv tidligere havde forudsagt, endte sine dage som præst i St. Cuthbert's.

The Pure Malt Songbook

David Fønsbo

2005-01-23T13:49:01