[Intro]
G C G C G D G
[Verse]
G
There cam a young man tae ma daddie's door
C G
My daddie's door, ma daddie's door
C
There cam a young man tae ma daddie's door
G D G
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
C G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
G D G
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Verse]
G
I was baking when he cam
C G
When he cam, when he cam
C
I took him in and gied him a scone
G D G
To thaw his frozen mou, o
[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
C G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
G D G
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Verse]
Em G
I set him in aside the bink
C G
I gaed him bread and ale tae drink
C
Ne'er a blythe styme wid he blink
G D G
Until his wame was fu, o
[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
C G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
G D G Em D
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Verse]
G
“Gae, get ye goon, ye cauldrife wooer
C G
Ye soor-lookin cauldrife wooer”
C
I straight-way showed him tae the door
G D G
Saying, “Cam nae mair tae woo, o”
[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
C G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
G D Em
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Verse]
G
There lay a deuk dub afore the door
C G
Afore the door, afore the door
C
There lay a deuk dub afore the door
G D G
And there fell he, I trow, o
[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
C G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
G D G
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Verse]
G
Out cam I and sneered and smiled
C G
“Ye cam tae woo and ye're aa beguiled
C
Ye've faan in the dirt and ye're aa befiled
G D G
We'll hae nae mair o you, o”
[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
C G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
G D G
Cam seeking me tae woo, o
[Chorus]
G
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
C G
A brisk young lad and a braw young lad
C
Wow, but he was a bonnie young lad
G D G
Cam seeking me tae woo, o