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Lay Ye Doon Love     Credits: Traditional; arranged by Old Blind Dogs     Appears On: Tall Tails; Live     Language: Scots-English

Lyrics:

Chorus (after each verse):
Lay ye doon, love, I'll treat ye decent
Lay ye doon, love, I'll fill yer can
Lay ye doon, love, I'll treat ye decent
For surely I'm an honest man

As I gaed oot ae December evening
By the watter and the pleasant strand
Oh as I was walking, I could hear people talking
Saying, "Surely he is an honest man"

I hae travelled far fae Invery
And doon as far as Edinburgh toon
But I maun go and travel farther
When I return I'll lay ye doon

I must go and I must leave you
But I'll return, I'll tak yer hand
And then no more from you I'll roam, love
No more to walk on foreign sand

Aye surely I'm an honest man