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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Johnny arose on a May mornin'
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Gone for water tae wash his hands
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He hae loused tae me, oh, his twa grey dogs
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That lie bound in iron bands
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When Johnny's mother, she heard o' this
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Her hands for dule she wrang
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Cryin', "Johnny, for yer venison
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Tae the green woods dinna ye gang"
[Verse]
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Aye, but Johnny hae taen his good benbow
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His arrows one by one
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Aye, and he's awa tae the green wood gaen
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Tae dae the dun deer doon
[Verse]
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Oh Johnny, he shot, aye the dun deer she lapp't
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He wounded her in the side
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Aye, between the water and the wood
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The grey dogs laid their pride
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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It's by there cam' a silly auld man
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Wi' an ill that John he might dee
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Oh, and he's awa' doon tae Esslemont
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Well, the King's seven foresters tae see
[Verse]
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It's up and spake the first forester
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He was heid ane amang them a'
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"Can this be Johnny O' Braidislee?
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Untae him we will draw"
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An' the first shot that the foresters, they fired
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They wounded John in the knee
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An' the second shot that the foresters, they fired
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Well, his hairt's blood blint his e'e
[Verse]
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But he's leaned his back against an oak
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An' his foot against a stane
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Oh and he hae fired on the seven foresters
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An' he's killed them a' but ane
[Verse]
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Aye, he hae broke fower o' this man's ribs
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His airm and his collar bain
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Oh and he has sent him on a horse
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For tae carry the tidings hame
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[Verse]
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Johnny's good benbow, it lies broke
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His twa grey dogs, they lie deid
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And his body, it lies doon in Monymusk
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And his huntin' days are daen
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His huntin' days are daen
[Outro]
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