Rankin Family
North Country
Ho Ro Mo Nighean Donn Boidheach (Nut Brown Maiden
A Charming love song to a highland maiden in which her lover vows
to return and reclaim ber to share his life of exile in the lowlands.
Seisd (Chorus)
Ho ro, mo nigh'n donn boidech,
Hi ri, mo nigh'n donn boidech
My pretty girl , beautiful,
I will only marry you
Dear Peggy brown-eyed
How heavy I loved you
Your image of love is your beauty
My house is under my bed
Chorus
It is my place above the mountains,
Where my ribbon is sweet
Like a rose in the summer forest
The valley far from your eyes.
Chorus
But when the summer comes
I will bring a scrip to that valley
And I will take you with me n Gaildachd
Gu h'ansail am flur
Chorus
Tramp Miner
I am a tramp miner
I've been for some time now
I live without light of the day
In the black underground, that's
where I'll be found
Biding my time away
Oh working my life away
From here out to Timmins
I've loved all your women
In the taverns I drank down my pay
But I'd do it again even
though it's a sin
For it's better that driving the raise
If you've done it you'd know what I say
So I'll roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the time and the wind
Then I'll find my way back home again
Homesickness, heartbreak and black lung
Among these men run rampant
As they're rockin' n' rollin'
High ballin' this country today
I've been a tramp miner for such a long time now
I've lived without light of the day
In a hole in the ground
They'll lower me down
That'll be my final pay
For working my life away
So I'll roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the time and the wind
Then I'll find my way back home again
Roll, roll with the wind
So I'll roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the time and the wind
Then I'll find my way back home again
Carry me back home again