HOW CAN I KEEP MY MAIDENHEAD
My mither built a tiny house,
A tiny house, a tiny house
My mither built a tiny house
To keep me frae the men O.
cho: How can I keep my maidenhead
My maidenhead, my maidenhead
How can I keep my maidenhead
Amang sae many men, O?
The walls fell in and I fell out,
And I fell out, and I fell out;
The walls fell in and I fell out
Amang the merry men O.
cho:
The Captain bad a guinea for't
A guinea for't, a guinea for't
The Captain had a guinea for't
The Colonel he bad ten O.
cho:
But I'II do as mny minnie did,
My minnie did, my minnie did,
But I'II do as my minnie did
For silver I'l hae none, O
cho:
I'll give it to a bonnie lad
A bonnie lad, a bonnie lad;
I'll give it to a bonnie lad
For just as good again O.
final cho:
An auld moulie maidenhead
A maidenhead, a maidenhead
An auld moulie maidenhead
The weary wark I ken, O
Collected by Burns (and slightly altered); this (earlier) version
from Sharpe's Ballad Book, 1824
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HOW CAN I KEEP MY MAIDENHEAD
My mither built a tiny house,
A tiny house, a tiny house
My mither built a tiny house
To keep me frae the men O.
cho: How can I keep my maidenhead
My maidenhead, my maidenhead
How can I keep my maidenhead
Amang sae many men, O?
The walls fell in and I fell out,
And I fell out, and I fell out;
The walls fell in and I fell out
Amang the merry men O.
cho:
The Captain bad a guinea for't
A guinea for't, a guinea for't
The Captain had a guinea for't
The Colonel he bad ten O.
cho:
But I'II do as mny minnie did,
My minnie did, my minnie did,
But I'II do as my minnie did
For silver I'l hae none, O
cho:
I'll give it to a bonnie lad
A bonnie lad, a bonnie lad;
I'll give it to a bonnie lad
For just as good again O.
final cho:
An auld moulie maidenhead
A maidenhead, a maidenhead
An auld moulie maidenhead
The weary wark I ken, O
Collected by Burns (and slightly altered); this (earlier) version
from Sharpe's Ballad Book, 1824
My mither built a tiny house,
A tiny house, a tiny house
My mither built a tiny house
To keep me frae the men O.
cho: How can I keep my maidenhead
My maidenhead, my maidenhead
How can I keep my maidenhead
Amang sae many men, O?
The walls fell in and I fell out,
And I fell out, and I fell out;
The walls fell in and I fell out
Amang the merry men O.
cho:
The Captain bad a guinea for't
A guinea for't, a guinea for't
The Captain had a guinea for't
The Colonel he bad ten O.
cho:
But I'II do as mny minnie did,
My minnie did, my minnie did,
But I'II do as my minnie did
For silver I'l hae none, O
cho:
I'll give it to a bonnie lad
A bonnie lad, a bonnie lad;
I'll give it to a bonnie lad
For just as good again O.
final cho:
An auld moulie maidenhead
A maidenhead, a maidenhead
An auld moulie maidenhead
The weary wark I ken, O
Collected by Burns (and slightly altered); this (earlier) version
from Sharpe's Ballad Book, 1824