A [Verse] D E The bonny head and the well fed heir A D The handsome heir o' Linne A D E Yonder he stands at his father's gate A D E And nobody bids him in [Verse] A G See where he goes and see where he stands D A E The weary heir of Linne G D A Yonder he stands on the cold causeway D E A And nobody bids him in [Verse] D E He's sold his father's estate and land A D He's sold it on a day A D E Within three-quarters of a year A D E He's not one brass penny [Verse] A G For he has drunk of the wine so clear D A E Good company spent his gold G D A And now he wanders on the shore D E A Hungry, wet and cold [Instrumental] A G D A G D E [Verse] A D E His nurse at her window she looked out A D Beholding dale and down A D E And there she saw this sad young man A D E Come walking to the town [Verse] A G “Come here, come here my child,” she said D A E “And rest yourself with me G D A I've seen you in much better days D E A In jovial company” [Verse] D E “Give me a slice of your bread, Nursey A D And a bottle of your wine A D E I'll pay you for it o'er again A D E When I'm the Lord of Linne” [Verse] A G “You'll get a slice of my bread, my child D A E And a bottle of my wine G D A But pay me when the seas run dry D E A You'll never be Lord of Linne” [Instrumental] A G D A G D A G D A G D E [Verse] A D E Then he has turned him right about A D As any mother's son A D E So off he has set and found his way A D E And straightway came to Linne [Verse] A G But when he came to the castle strong D A E They were all sat down to dine G D A A score of nobles there he saw D E A Sat drinking at the wine [Verse] D E Some said, “Give him the beef, the beef” A D Some said, “Give him the bone” A D E And some said, “Give him nothing at all A D E But let the beggar roam” [Verse] A G Then up and spake the new-come lord D A E A saucy word spoke he G D A “Pass round the cup, let my rival sup D E A Then send him on his way” [Instrumental] A G D A G D A G D A G D E [Verse] A D E He's turned him right and round about A D As any father's son A D E He's reminded of a leaden key A D E His father left with him [Verse] A G His father left a meagre key D A E Just before he died G D A He bade him keep it secretly D E A Till he was most in need [Verse] D E Then forth he went, these nobles left A D All drinking in the hall A D E And he has found a bolted door A D E Below the castle wall [Verse] A G The key has opened up the door D A E Wherein lies all his hope G D A But where he thought to find good gold D E A There stood a gibbet and rope [Instrumental] A G D A G D E [Verse] A D E Under the rope was placed a stool A D All covered o'er with dust A D E The father had condemned the son A D E His sentence it was just [Verse] A G The son he sighed, stood on the stool D A E Never a word he spoke G D A But as he jumped to eternity D E A Down the gibbet broke [Instrumental] A G D A G D E [Verse] A D E It broke and cracked above his head A D He landed on the floor A D E And round him rolling, shining bright A D E Was a hidden golden store [Instrumental] A G D A G D A G D A G D E [Verse] A D E “Oft have I gone with bitter cold feet A D Likewise with legs all bare A D E And many days walked at these gates A D E With sad sorrow and care" [Verse] A G "But now my sorrow's past and gone D A E Joy has all returned G D A Now that I have gold enough D E A To buy my lands again” [Verse] D E As he galloped back through town A D He jubilantly crowed A D E And he's called out before them all A D E The nurse from out her house [Verse] A G “Come here, come here my nurse,” he said D A E “I'll pay your bread and wine G D A Seas ebb and flow as they will D E A Yet, I'm the Lord of Linne” [Instrumental] A D E A D E A D E A D E [Verse] A G He's gone up the Gallowgate port D A E In tatty hose and gown G D A But he was carried by fifteen lords D E A When he came back down [Outro] A D E A D A D E A D E A G D E G D A D E A
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