Rantin Laddie Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok

[INTRO]
[G] [F] [G] [F] [G] [F] [G] [C] [G] [F] [G]

[VERSE]
Oft have I played at the cards and [F]dice
With my [G]bonnie Rantin' [F]Lad[G]die
But now I'm a-[F]sitting in my [G]father's [C]hall
Singing [G]ba to my [F]bastard ba[G]by

[VERSE]
Oh, if I'd been wise as I've been [F]nice
And [G]done what my bonnie lad [F]told [G]me
I'd have been [F]married a [G]year or [C]more
To my [G]bonnie [F]Rantin' [G]Laddie

[VERSE]
Oh, my father dear, he knows me [F]not
My [G]mother she ig[F]nores [G]me
My friends and re[F]lations [G]slight me [C]all
And the [G]servants, [F]they quite [G]hate me

[VERSE]
Is your love a lord or is he a [F]laird
Or [G]is he but a [F]cad[G]die
That you so [F]oft call [G]on his [C]name
Your [G]bonnie [F]Rantin' [G]Laddie

[VERSE]
If I had a horse at my com[F]mand
As [G]oft times [F]I've had [G]many
I'd ride a[F]way to the [G]gates of A[C]boyne
To my [G]bonnie [F]Rantin' [G]Laddie

[VERSE]
Then up and spake a kitchen [F]boy
Saying, "[G]Though I'm but a [F]cad[G]die
It's I will [F]run to the [G]Gates of A[C]boyne
With a [G]letter to your [F]Rantin' [G]Laddie"

[VERSE]
And as he ran through Buchan[F]shire
And [G]Buchan shone so [F]bon[G]nie
There he [F]met with the [G]Earl of A[C]boyne
That they [G]call the [F]Rantin' [G]Laddie

[VERSE]
And when he looked the letter [F]on
[G]Oh, but he was [F]sor[G]ry
"They've been [F]cruel and [G]fell un[C]kind
To out [G]bonnie [F]Rantin' Las[G]sie"

[VERSE]
Oh, my father dear, he knows me [F]not
My [G]mother she ig[F]nores [G]me
My friends and re[F]lations [G]slight me [C]all
And the [G]servants, [F]they quite [G]hate me

[VERSE]
Then get thee out five hundred [F]men
And [G]see that they [F]ride so [G]bonny
We'll bring the [F]lassie [G]back to A[C]boyne
Out [G]bonnie [F]Rantin' [G]Lassie

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[G] [F] [G] [F] [G] [F] [G] [C] [G] [F] [G]

[VERSE]
When she was up behind his [F]back
[G]Wrapped in her hieland [F]plai[G]die
The birds in the [F]trees sang [G]never so [C]sweet
As the [G]bonnie [F]Rantin' [G]Lassie

[VERSE]
And they rode on through Buchan[F]shire
And [G]Buchan shone so [F]bon[G]nie
Rejoice, re[F]joice ye [G]bonnie maids [C]all
An' [G]see that ye [F]be not [G]sorry

[VERSE]
If you lay your love on a lowland [F]lad
Be [G]sure that he'll be[F]tray [G]ye
But lay your [F]love on a [G]hieland [C]lad
He'll do [G]all that he can to [F]raise [G]ye