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O, rattlin', roarin' Willie,
O, he held to the fair,
An for to sell his fiddle
An buy some other ware;
Parting with his fiddle,
The saut tear blin't his e'e — [The salt tear blinded his eye]
And rattlin', roarin' Willie,
Ye're welcome hame to me.
O Willie, come sell your fiddle,
O, sell your fiddle sae fine!
O Willie, come sell your fiddle,
And buy a pint o wine!
If I should sell me fiddle,
The warl' would think I was mad;
For many's a rantin' day
Me fiddle an' I hae had.
As I cam by Crochallan,
I cannilie keekit ben; [I quietly peeked within]
O rattlin', roarin' Willie,
Was sittin at yon boord-en';
O sitting at yon boord-en',
And amang guid companie;
Rattlin', roarin' Willie,
Ye're welcome hame to me.
O, rattlin', roarin' Willie,
O, he held to the fair,
An for to sell his fiddle
An buy some other ware;
If I should sell me fiddle,
The warl' would think I was mad;
For many's a rantin' day
Me fiddle an' I hae had.
This arrangement by Ryan's Fancy (From the Ryan's Fancy CBC Television Series on location at Uncle Jim's in Daniel's Harbour, NL)
