Songs by Robert Burns

Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars song book

There's news, lasses, news,

           G              C
1. There's news, lasses, news,

      G            Em
Gude news I've to tell!

          G           C
There's a boatfu' o' lads

     G       D       G
Come to our town to sell!

             G            Am
Chorus. The wean wants a cradle,

         Em            Am
And the cradle wants a cod,

    G                 Am
An I'll no gang to my bed

  Em          Am
Until I get a nod.

2. Father,' quo' she, 'Mither,' quo' she,
Do what you can - 
I'll no gang to my bed
Till I get a man

3. I hae as gude a craft rig
As made o' yird and stane;
And waly fa' the ley-crap,
For I maun till'd again.