Lady Onlie

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Lady Onlie



2. Her house sae bien, her curch sae clean,
I wat she is a daintie chuckie;
And cheery blinks the ingle-gleed
Of Lady Onlie, honest Lucky.

Ch: Lady Onlie, honest Lucky,
Brews gude ale at shore o’ Bucky,
I wish her sale for her gude ale,
The best on a’ the shore o’ Bucky.

I love songs about old drinking establishments, and Burns knew a few of those. This was a fragment of an old song which Burns added to. The tune is old, known as The Ruffian’s Rant, but these days more commonly known as Roy’s Wife of Aldivalloch after a better known 18th century song. “Bucky” will refer to Buckhaven, the fishing town in Fife.

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