"Bonnie Sweet Bessie" performed by Geraldine Farrar ~ Scratchy song WITH LYRICS from 1909

Title of song: Bonnie Sweet Bessie
Performer(s): Geraldine Farrar
Songwriter(s): Gilbert
Publication year: 1909
Record label: Victrola
This recording is in the public domain, to the best of my knowledge. Thank you to the Internet Archive for making it available.
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My version might differ slightly because I do a little light editing to make the scratchiness less harsh
Lyrics:
A highland laddie
There lived e'er the way
A laddie both noble
And gallant and gay
Who loved a lassie
As noble as he
A bonnie sweet lassie
The Maid o' Dundee
This lassie had lands
But the laddie had nane
And yet to her
It was all the same
For dearly she loved him
And said she knew
This laddie, dear laddie
Was gude and true
E'er years or even
Months had fles
This laddie and lassie
Were happily wed
Nae better wifey
E'er lived on the lea
Than Bonnie Sweet Bessie
The Maid o' Dundee
A happier hame
Nae mon ever had
Than this which held
Twa hearts sae glad
And ne'er did Bessie
Have cause to rue
Her wedding this laddie
Sae gude and true
But sorrow came
To her heart one day
And her dear darlin'
Was taken away
Then oh how sad
And lone was she
Poor Bonnie Sweet Bessie
The Maid o' Dundee
And when in the ground
Her darlin' they laid
Her heart then broke
And she fervently prayed
Oh God in heaven
Let me go too
And be wi' my laddie
Sae gude and true
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