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Mill O Tifty by Old Blind Dogs
Mill O Tifty
Capo 2
[Intro]
G D7 G D7 G C Am Em
[Verse 1]
G D7
At Mill o' Tifty there lived a man
G D7
In the neighborhood o' Fyvie
G C
And he had a lovely daughter dear
Am Em
Wha's name was bonnie Annie
[Verse 2]
G D7
Lord Fyvie had a trumpeter
G D7
By the name o' Andrew Lammie
G C
And he had the airt tae win the heart
Am Em
O' Mill o' Tifty's Annie
[Verse 3]
G D7
Lord Fyvie, he cam tae the mill
G D7
Whar lived bonnie Annie
G C
His trumpeter rade him before
Am Em
Even the same Andrew Lammie
[Verse 4]
G D7
Her mither cried her tae the door
G D7
Sayin', "Come here tae me, my Annie
G C
Did e'er ye see a bonnier man
Am Em
Than the trumpeter o' Fyvie?"
[Verse 5]
G D7
Nothing she said, but sighing so
G D7
Alas for bonnie Annie
G C
She darena own, her heart was won
Am Em
By the servant, Andrew Lammie
[Verse 6]
G D7
That night as a' gaed tae their beds
G D7
A' sleepit soon but Annie
G C
Love so repressed, her tender breast
Am Em
Thinking of her Andrew Lammie
[Verse 7]
G D7
"The first time my love and I met
G D7
Was in the woods o' Fyvie
G C
He called me mistress, I said no
Am Em
I was Tifty's bonnie Annie"
[Instrumental]
G D7 G D7 G C Am Em
[Verse 8]
G D7
Her faither cam tae hear o' this
G D7
And a letter wrote to Fyvie
G C
To say his dochter was bewitched
Am Em
By the trumpeter o' Fyvie
[Verse 9]
G D7
Lord Fyvie, he came tae the mill
G D7
Sayin', "What ails ye, bonnie Annie?"
G C
"Oh it's a' for love that I'm cast doon
Am Em
For the love o' Andrew Lammie"
[Verse 10]
G D7
"Oh Tifty, Tifty, gie consent
G D7
And let yer dochter marry"
G C
"Na, it'll be tae ane o' a higher degree
Am Em
Than the servant Andrew Lammie"
[Verse 11]
G D7
"If she'd been born o' as rich a kin
G D7
As she is rich in beauty
G C
I wad hae ta'en the lass myself
Am Em
And made her my ain lady"
[Verse 12]
G D7
"Oh Fyvie's lands are far and wide
G D7
And they are wondrous bonnie
G C
But I wadna trade my ain dear love
Am Em
No for a' your lands o' Fyvie"
[Instrumental]
G D7 G D7 G C Am Em
[Verse 13]
G D7
At this her faither did her scorn
G D7
And likewise did her mither
G C
Her sisters they did her disown
Am Em
Oh but wae's me for her brither
[Verse 14]
G D7
Her brither struck her wondrous o'er
G D7
Wi' cruel blows and mony
G C
He's broke her back on the temple stane
Am Em
A' for likin' Andrew Lammie
[Verse 15]
G D7
"Oh, faither, mither, sisters a'
G D7
Why sae cruel tae yer Annie?
G C
My heart was broken first by love
Am Em
Noo my brither's broke my body
[Verse 16]
G D7
Oh mither, mither, mak my bed
G D7
And turn my head tae Fyvie
G C
For it's there I'll lie and there I'll die
Am Em
For the servant Andrew Lammie"
[Outro]
G D7 G D7 G C Am Em
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