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Skipping Barfit Through The Heather     Credits: a) Skipping Barfit Through The Heather - traditional b) Fiery Jock - Adam Sutherland     Appears On: What Road?     Language: Scots-English     Other Versions: a) "The Queen Amang The Heather" on Tannahill Weavers's album Land Of Light

Lyrics:

As I was walking o'er yon hill
It was a pleasant evening
'Twas there I spied a bonny lass
Skipping barefoot through the heather

And oh but she was neatly dressed
She needed neither cap nor feather
She was the queen among them all
Skipping barefoot through the heather

Her gown, it was a bonny blue
Her petticoat, a pheasant color
And in between the stripes was seen
Shining bales of blooming heather

Says I then, "Lassie, will you go wi' me?
Will you go wi' me and leave the heather?
It's silks and satins you shall have
If you'll wi' me and leave the heather"

Says she, "Kind sir, your offer's good
It's well I ken you will deceive me
So gin I gie my love all o'er
It's better no I've never seen ye"

And oh but she was neatly dressed
She needed neither cap nor feather
She was the queen among them all
Skipping barefoot through the heather