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[Verse]
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Oh, I'll sing you a stave, if you'll gies your attention
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It's no song of pity, it's no tale of woe
    Em7                  C
And no word of honour or love will I mention
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But I'll sing of a lassie I kent long ago

[Chorus]
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No better than most, and no worse as many
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And what drew me to her's no' easy to say
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She was coarse, she was heartless, and she wasnae that bonnie
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She was the star o' the bar in her day

[Verse]
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I've stravaiged the Royal Mile with her, drinking in style with her
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And Rose Street, from end to end, often surveyed
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Fought and swore in the pubs with her, rolled in the dubs with her
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Cadged many's a sub from her, never repaid

[Chorus]
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No better than most, and no worse as many
                                      G
And what drew me to her's no' easy to say
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She was coarse, she was heartless, and she wasnae that bonnie
            C           G          C
She was the star o' the bar in her day

[Verse]
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All you chaps with young lassies, believe me, love soon passes
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And all your bright dreams are but straws in the wind
       Em7                           C
Better one who'll sit down with you, sing a fine tune with you
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Pass the glass 'round with you, drink herself blind

[Chorus]
   F           C         F           C
No better than most, and no worse as many
                                      G
And what drew me to her's no' easy to say
        C               F                  C           F
She was coarse, she was heartless, and she wasnae that bonnie
            C           G          C
She was the star o' the bar in her day

[Chorus]
   F           C         F           C
No better than most, and no worse as many
                                      G
And what drew me to her's no' easy to say
        C               F                  C           F
She was coarse, she was heartless, and she wasnae that bonnie
                C           G          C
But she was the star o' the bar in her day

[Outro]
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