Sweet Carnloch Bay
(version 1)
From McKay
Note: A variation on “Road Tae Dundee”. This is an abbreviated version. Missing are the three or so verses immediately preceding the last one.

When winter was brawling, o’er high hills and mountains, And dark were the clouds o’er the deep rolling sea, I spied a fair lass as the daylight was dawning, She was asking the road to sweet Carnloch Bay. I said,“My fair lassie, I surely will teIl you The road and the number of miles it will be. And if you'll consent I'll convey you a wee bit And I'll show you the road to sweet Carnloch Bay. You turn to the right and go down by the churchyard, Cross over the river and down by the sea; We’ll stop at Pat Hamill’s and have a wee drop there Just to help us along to sweet Carnloch Bay. Here’s a health to Pat Hamill likewise the wee lassie And all you young laddies who’re listening to me. And ne’er turn your back on a bonnie young lassie When she's asking the road to sweet Carnloch Bay.

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