Song Description

A soldier boy from Argyll

Lyrics

JOHNNY FAE ARGYLE
WORDS AMD MUSIC BY:
WILLIE MCCULLOCH

JOHNNY LAD?OH JOHNNY LAD
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THIS DAY?
JOHNNY LAD?OH JOHNNY LAD
SIT YE DOWN AND STAY?
TAKE OFF YOUR COAT AND BONNET,
BE WITH ME AWHILE,
AND I?LL HOLD YE CLOSE MY DARLING
MY JOHNNY FAE ARGYLE

TWAS ON A SUMMER?S MORNING
HE UP AND SAID GOOD-BYE?
SAID HE?D BE BACK TOMORROW,
WITH A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE,
FOR I?M OFF TO FIGHT THE REDCOATS
SO LEAVE ME WITH A SMILE?
FARE WELL MY BONNIE JOHNNY?
THE LADDIE FAE ARGYLE?

NOW THE WINTER WINDS ARE HOWLING,
THE HILLS ARE WHITE WITH SNOW?
AND I DREAMED OF MY TRUE LOVER,
BUT HIS FATE I DID NOT KNOW?
IS HE RUNNING WITH THE SOLDIERS,
OR LYING IN THE WIND?
FOR THE LIKES OF BONNIE JOHNNY,
I?LL NEVER SEE AGAIN?

***LEAD GUITAR BREAK***

I?M TELLING YE THIS STORY,
I CANNOT TELL A LIE?
HE LEFT ME FOR HIS HONOR,
FOR HIS COUNTRY HE DID DIE?
AND EVERY SUMMER MORNING,
I STILL CAN SEE HIM SMILE?
HOW I LOVED MY BONNIE JOHNNY,
MY JOHNNY FAE ARGYLE?
HOW I LOVED MY BONNIE LADDIE,
MY JOHNNY FAE ARGYLE?

Ó, Willie McCulloch, 2000