Poem by Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne

Kitty Reid's House

Air — "Country Bumpkin."

Hech! hey! the mirth that was there,
      The mirth that was there,
      The mirth that was there;
Hech! how! the mirth that was there,
In Kitty Reid's house on the green, Jo.
There was laughin' and singin', and dancin' and glee
In Kitty Reid's house, in Kitty Reid's house,
There was laughin' and singin', an' dancin' and glee,
In Kitty Reid's house on the green, Jo.

Hech! hey! the fright that was there,
      The fright that was there,
      The fright that was there,
Hech! how! the fright that was there,
In Kitty Reid's house on the green, Jo.
The light glimmer'd in thro' a crack i' the wa',
An' a' body thocht the lift it would fa',
An' lads and lasses they soon ran awa'
Frae Kitty Reid's house on the green, Jo.

Hech! hey! the dule that was there,
      The dule that was there,
      The dule that was there,
The birds an' beasts it wauken'd them a',
In Kitty Reid's house on the green, Jo.
The wa' gaed a hurly and scatter'd them a',
The piper, the fiddler, auld Kitty, an' a',
The kye fell a routin', the cocks they did craw,
In Kitty Reid's house on the green, Jo.

1. Gude Nicht, and Joy Be Wi' Ye A'
2. Her Home She Is Leaving
3. The Lass o’ Gowrie
4. Cauld Kail in Aberdeen
5. Fell He on the Field of Fame

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