BENNACHIE (Gin I whar wher the Gadie Rins).

(A major)
Gin I were whar the Gaudie rins,
Whar the Gaudie rins,
Whar the (Emaj) Gaudie rins,(Amajor)
Gin I were whar the Gaudie rins,
(Emaj) At the back o' (Amajor) Bennachie

I never hae had but twa good/true lads/loves,
But twa true/guid lads/loves
But twa true/guid lads/loves
I never hae had but twa bonnie lads,
They dearly courted me

An een was killed at the Lowren Fair
At the Lowren Fair
At the Lowren Fair
Oh, een was killed at the Lowren Fair
The other wis drooned in the Dee (Dee is a river in Aberdeenshire)

Not sure about this verse:
An I give to him the hoddin fine
the hoddin fine
The hoddin fine
Give to him the hoddin fine
The morning dressed tae be
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Hoddin: Course grey cloth from homespun thread
She wore this as she used her good linens as a "winding" sheet to wrap her recently deceased beau in...

chorus

_ay twa...
He gie to me the linen fine?
IÕll he gie to him the linen fine
the linen fine
the linen fine
He gie to me the linen fine
Me windin sheets tae be

Well o gin I were whar Gaudie rins,
Wi a bonnie broom an a yellow whins
Gin I were whar the Gaudie rins,
At the back o' Bennachie

Repeat three times
Gin I were whar Gaudie rins,
Whar the Gaudie rins,
Whar the Gaudie rins,
Gin I were whar the Gaudie rins,
At the back o' Bennachie

Gin I were whar Gaudie rins,
Whar the Gaudie rins,
Whar the Gaudie rins,
Gin I were whar the Gaudie rins,
At the back o' Bennachie

End with a quick Amajor Emajor Amajor.

If I remember my reading correctly Bennachie means "mountain field" and Bennachie is a hill Aberdeenshire Scotland with an elevation of 1733ft. It has a geolgical characteristic known as the Mither Tap which some writer once described as the "Spynx of the Garioch" Bennachie is on the outter rim of the Grampian mountain range. I understand that near it's base is home of the Maiden Stone (Pictish relic). If I remember my geography right, it's not all that far from the site of "Reid Harlaw" and is north of Aberdeen (the city, which is part of Aberdeenshire). Gaudie is a river. Yea the "Lass" in this story reminds me a little of Maggie from Northern Exposure...every boyfriend she ever had died (gotta love the episode when her beau got hit by a sattelite that fell out of sky), and when they ended the series, it was unclear as to whether Joel Fleishman had survived his stay in Cicely or if that Long Island Ferry scene was a just a post mortem dream -- a metaphorical depiction of Joel's version of Heaven.