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LATHER AWA' WI' YOUR OAK STICK. Scottish, English; Air and Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Descend, ye bright Nine, this grand scene to delight,
And in praise of Victoria my verses indite!
Och! She's Queen of the country, the say, and the sky,
For if they said 'black was the white of her eye'
She'd leather away with the oak stick!

Of all the bould nations that's under the sun,
They're mighty polite to her, every one;
Bekaise, when she steps out in pride down the town,
Let them stand on the tip of the tail of her gown,
She'd leather away with the oak stick!

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1), 1782; No. 121, p. 43.

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