[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Oh, as I cam' in by Strichen toon
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One misty mornin' early
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I heard a lassie sair lament
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For her true love no returnin'
[Chorus]
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Fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes
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Far aft times I've been cheery
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Fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes
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There I lost my dearie
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Well, I'll pit on a goon o' green
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It's ae forsaken token
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Tae tell the laddies 'roon aboot
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That the bonds o' love are broken
[Chorus]
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Fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes
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Far aft times I've been cheery
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Fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes
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There I lost my dearie
[Instrumental]
C F C F G
[Verse]
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Mony's a horse tae snappert and fa'an
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And risen again fu' rarely
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Mony's a laddie's lost his love
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And gotten anither richt early
[Chorus]
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Fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes
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Far aft times I've been cheery
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Fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes
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There I lost my dearie
[Instrumental]
C F C F G
[Verse]
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So I'll gang back tae Strichen toon
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Far I was bred and born in
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I'll get me anither lad
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Will marry me aye in the morning
[Chorus]
C
Fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes
F
Far aft times I've been cheery
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Fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes
F
There I lost my dearie
[Instrumental]
C F C F G
[Verse]
C
As I cam' in by Strichen toon
F
One misty mornin' early
C
I heard a lassie sair lament
F
For her true love no returnin'
[Chorus]
C
Fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes
F
Far aft times I've been cheery
C
Fare ye weel, ye Mormond Braes
F
There I lost my dearie
[Instrumental]
C F C F G
C F C F G C