Brian Peters - The Banks Of Airdrie текст песни

There were three sisters went out one day
All in the lea and the lonely O
They met a robber on their way
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

He took the first one by the hand
All in the lea and the lonely O
He's turned her round and he's made her stand
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

Saying, "Will you be a robber's wife?"
All in the lea and the lonely O
"Or will you die by my penknife?"
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

"No, I won't be a robber's wife!"
All in the lea and the lonely O
"I'd rather die by your penknife!"
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

He took the second one by the hand
All in the lea and the lonely O
He's turned her round and he's made her stand
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

Saying, "Will you be a robber's wife?"
All in the lea and the lonely O
"Or will you die by my penknife?"
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

"No, I won't be a robber's wife!"
All in the lea and the lonely O
"I'd rather die by your penknife!"
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

He took the third one by the hand
All in the lea and the lonely O
He's turned her round and he's made her stand
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

Saying, "Will you be a robber's wife?"
All in the lea and the lonely O
"Or will you die by my penknife?"
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

"No, I won't be a robber's wife!"
All in the lea and the lonely O
"Neither will I die by your penknife!"
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

"For if my two brothers they were here,"
All in the lea and the lonely O
"You'd not have killed my sisters dear!"
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

"Now what are your two brothers' names?"
All in the lea and the lonely O
"One's called John, the other's called James."
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

"And what do your two brothers do?"
All in the lea and the lonely O
"One's a minister, stout and true."
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

"And what does the other, I pray you tell?"
All in the lea and the lonely O
"He's a robber, like yourself."
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

"Oh, what is this that I have done?"
All in the lea and the lonely O
"I've killed my sisters, all but one!"
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O

So he's took out his little penknife
All in the lea and the lonely O
And there he's took his own sweet life
Down by the bonnie banks of Airdrie O