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DINNA ASK ME by JOHN DUNLOP

First Line: O, DINNA ASK ME GIN I LO'E YE [OR, THEE]
Last Line: GIN HE'D PROVE FAUSE TO ME!
Subject(s): LOVE - BEGINNINGS;
O, DINNA ask me gin I lo'e ye:
Troth, I daurna tell!
Dinna ask me gin I lo'e ye, --
Ask it o' yoursel'.
O, dinna look sae sair at me,
for weel ye ken me true;
O, gin ye look sae sair at me,
I daurna look at you.
When ye gang to yon braw braw town,
And bonnier lassies see,
O, dinna, Jamie, look at them,
Lest ye should mind na me.
For I could neve bide the lass
That ye'd lo'e mair than me;
And O, I'm sure my heart wad brak,
Gin he'd prove fause to me!


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