EDWARD WENT TAE STIRLING CASTLE
MUSIC TRADITIONAL
(WILLIES GANE TAE MELVILLE CASTLE)
WORDS BOB FERGUSON
COPYRIGHT PROTECTED 1999
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OH EDWARD WENT TAE STIRLING CASTLE,WI HIS ARMY BRAW
TAE BID THE BRUCE A FOND FAREWEEL, AFORE HE GAED AWA
OH EDWARD LOVED HIS BRAND NEW ARMY, FIERCE THEY LOOKED AN A
BUT WHAT DID POOR WEE EDWARD THINK, WHEN HIS ARMY RAN AWA
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OH EDWARDS RAN FAE STIRLING CASTLE, BOOTS AND SPURS AN A
HE BID HIS ARMY FOND FAREWEEL, AS HE RAN AWA
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WELL HIS ARMY MET WI OOR FINE BRUCE, AND OH HE LOOKED SAE BRAW
SO EDWARD SENT HIS BEST MAN OOT, BRUCE HIT HIM ON THE JAW
YOU SHOULDVE SEEN WEE EDWARDS FACE, HE SAID NOTHING AT A
HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS SURE O, HIM, UNTIL HE SAW HIM FA
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THEN
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WELL OER TAE HIM CAME HIS BEST FRIEND, EDWARD DO NOT CRY
YOU MIGHT HAVE LOST AN ARMY, BUT AT LEAST YE DIDNAE DIE
AND VERY SOON YELL BE BACK HAME, AND DEFEAT YOU COULD DENY
FOR AS THE KING O ENGLAND, IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO LIE
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THEN
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THE SCOTTISH WEANS JEERED AT HIM, AS EDWARD RODE AWA
THEY PELTED HIM WI TAUNTS AND SHOUTS, AND HIS GAY BAND AN A
WHEN HE ARRIVED IN LONDON TOON, HE BROUGHT OOT A NEW LAW
HANG ANYONE WHO DARES TO SAY THAT HE WAS THERE AT A
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THEN
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BUT SOON THE NEWS IT CAME ABOUT, WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THEN
WHEN THE PRIDE OF ENGLANDS ARMY, WERE CHASED INTAE THE GLENS
BUT EDWARD SAT IN FANCY CLOTHES, SURROUNDED BY HIS HENS
WI SIXTY THOUSAND REASONS NO, TAE FIGHT THE SCOTS AGAIN