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Title
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What can a young lassie?
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Singer
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West, James
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
What can a young lassie, what can a young lassie,
What can a young lassie do wi' an old man?
Bad luck on the penny that tempted my Minnie,
To sell her poor Jennie for siller an' lan'!
Verse 2
He's always complaining, from morning till evening,
He coughs and he creeps all the weary day long;
He's stupid and jealous of all the young fellows -
A de'il on the day I met wi' an old man.
Verse 3
He hems and he hawkers, he frets and he cankers,
I never can please him, do all that I can;
He's stupid and dozing, his blood it is frozen,
O drear is my life wi' a crazy old man.
Verse 4
My old Aunty Kitty upon me takes pity,
I'll do my endeavour to follow her plan;
I'll cross him, I'll crack him, until I heartbreak him,
And then his old brass will buy me a new man.
