Karan Casey - Eppie Morrie lyrics

Four-and-twenty Highland men Came from the Carron side To steal away Eppie Morrie Cause she wouldn't be a bride, a bride She wouldn't be a bride Then out it's came her mother then It was a moonlit night She couldn't see her daughter For the moon it shone so bright, so bright The moon it shone so bright They've taken Eppie Morrie And a horse they've bound her on And they're away to Carron side As fast as horse could gang, could gang As fast as horse could gang And Willie's taken his pistol out And put it to the minister's breast O marry me, marry me, minister Or else I'll be your priest, your priest Or else I'll be your priest (Chorus:) Haud away from me, Willie Haud away from me There's not a man in all Strathdon Shall wedded be by me, by me Shall wedded be by me Then ma** was sung and bells were rung And they're away to bed And Willie and Eppie Morrie In one bed they were laid, were laid In one bed they were laid He's taken the shirt from off his back And kicked away his shoes And thrown away the chamber key And naked he lay down, lay down And naked he lay down He's kissed her on the lily breast And held her shoulders twa But aye she gat and aye she spat And turned to the wa', the wa' And turned to the wa' They wrestled there all through the night Before the break of day But aye she gat and aye she spat But he could not stretch her spey, He could not stretch her spey (Chorus) Then early in the morning Before the light of day In came the maid of Scallater In gown and shirt alone, alone In a gown and shirt alone Get up, get up, young woman And take a drink with me You might have called me maiden For I'm as whole as thee, as thee For I'm as whole as thee. Then in there came young Breadalbane With a pistol on his side O, come away, Eppie Morrie And I'll make you my bride, my bride And l'll make you my bride Go get to me a horse, Willie Get it like a man And send me back to my mother A maiden as I came, I came A maiden as I came (2 x Chorus)