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O dinna ask me (Scottish folksong, arr. Felix Mendelssohn)
source:
John Dunlop
O dinna ask me gin I lo’e ye;
Troth I darna tell;
O dinna ask me gin I lo’e ye;
Ask it o’ yoursell.
O dinna look sae sair at me,
For weel ye ken me true;
O gin ye look sae sair at me,
I darna look at you.
When ye gang to yon braw braw town,
And bonnier lasses see;
O dinna, Jamie, look at them,
Lest ye should mind na me;
For I could never bide the lass
That ye’d lo’e mair than me;
And O I’m sure my heart would break
Gin ye’d prore fause to me.
Troth I darna tell;
O dinna ask me gin I lo’e ye;
Ask it o’ yoursell.
O dinna look sae sair at me,
For weel ye ken me true;
O gin ye look sae sair at me,
I darna look at you.
When ye gang to yon braw braw town,
And bonnier lasses see;
O dinna, Jamie, look at them,
Lest ye should mind na me;
For I could never bide the lass
That ye’d lo’e mair than me;
And O I’m sure my heart would break
Gin ye’d prore fause to me.
