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; . 4 i :, 4 FOU * &' OCHXHFUUBff' * i ; , 4 Happy , happy be theiir ? d urailm * , By the bum an' in the glen ; < - A Cheerie lasses , cantie Oallan ' s , Are they a * in Ochtergaen .
Happy was my youth amo ' them ; Rantin * was my boyhood ' s hour ; A * the winsome ways aboot them , Noo , when gane , I number o er .
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Chorus . —Happy , happy be their dwallin ' s , By the burn and in the glen ; Cheerie lasses , cantie callan ' s , Are they a'in Ochtergaen .
Weel I mind the ploys anjokin ' s Lads and lasses used to ha ' e—Munelicht trysts an * Sabbath wanders O ' er the haughs an * on the brae .
Chorus . —Happy , happy be their dwalhn ' s , By the burn an' in the glen ; Cheerie lasses , cantie callaa's , Are they a' in Ochtergaen .
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