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The Weddin’

[ Roud - ; Mudcat 105742 ; trad.]

Fraser and Ian Bruce sang The Weddin’ on their 1985 album Mrs Bruce’s Boys Vol 2. A live recording from The Royal Oak, Edinburgh, on 18 May 2015 was released in 2015 on their Greentrax anthology The Best of Mrs Bruce’s Boys.

Lyrics

Fraser and Ian Bruce sing The Weddin’

Noo I never thocht when I was young that I would tak a wife
They say that being married, you were never free frae strife
But noo I’ve taken the plunge an’ tomorrow I’ll married be
For when I asked the bonny wee lass, she said she’d marry me

Chorus:
And I’m goin’ tae hae a bonny wee hoose that I can call my ain
I’m goin’ tae hae a bonny wee wife that naebody else can claim
A bonny wee gairden filled wi’ flooers, a guid wee plot an’ a’
Wi carrots an’ leeks, ingins and neeps, sproots, celery, beans an’ beets
Cabbages, broccoli, lettuces a’ growing in a bonny wee row

For a’body loves a waddin’, a’body loves a do
Granny does the eightsome reel, Grandpa he gets fu’
A’body kens a waddin’ is only meant for two
The next time you see the couple they’ve added on a crew.

Noo I’ll tak off my tackety bits likewise my nicky-tams
You’ll no see me oot here the morn in the field atween the trams
For I’ll hae on my Sunday best, my collar an’ my bow
An’ when the minister ties the knot you’ll hear me shouting O!

Noo I’ll tak her for a day tae Perth and then we’ll settle doon
I’ll gie her a’ ma wages an’ ye’ll never see me froon
An in the hoose my bonnie wee wife as sure as a pig makes ham
The next time ye see me I’ll be hurling a bonny wee pram.