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Songs by the Baroness Nairne
Caller Herrin'


WHA'LL buy my caller herrin' ?
They're bonnie fish and halesome farin' ;
Wha'll buy my caller herrin',
New drawn frae the Forth ?

When ye were sleepin' on your pillows,
Dream'd ye aught o' our puir fellows,
Darkling as they fac'd the billows,
A' to fill the woven willows ?
   Buy my caller herrin',
   New drawn frae the Forth.

Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ?
They're no brought here without brave daring ;
Buy my caller herrin',
Haul'd thro' wind and rain.
   Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ? &c.

Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ?
Oh, ye may ca' them vulgar farin',
Wives and mithers maist despairing
Ca' them lives o' men.
   Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ? &c.

When the creel o' herrin' passes,
Ladies, clad in silks and laces,
Gather in their braw pelisses,
Cast their heads and screw their faces.
   Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ? &c.

Caller herrin's no got lightlie,
Ye can trip the spring fu' tightlie,
Spite o' tauntin', flauntin', flingin',
Gow has set you a' a-singing.
   Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ?&c.

Neebour wives, now tent my tellin',
When the bonny fish ye're sellin',
At ae word be in ye're dealin'
Truth will stand when a'thing's failin'.

Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ?
They're bonnie fish and halesome farin'.
Wha'll buy my caller herrin',
New drawn frae the Forth?


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