Little Kelly​-​O

from The Omnipresent No by Bill White

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“There once was a troop of handsome soldiers
Came marching down through Fennario
And the captain fell in love with a lassie from above
And her earthly name was Kelly-o
There's many a bonnie lass in Fennario
There's many a bonnie lass in Fennario
But one is more fair than the earth and sea and air
and the captain called her name, little Kelly-o

O please come down the stairs, little Kelly-o
I’m at the bottom of those stairs little Kelly-o Oh please come down the stairs and let me comb your yellow hair
While you listen to the plea of Captain William-O

I'll give you ribbons, I'll give you rings little Kelly-o
And a necklace from Aberdeen, little Kelly-o
A silken petticoat and above it you shall float
If you will be my bonny lass of Fennario

A soldier’s wife I’ll never be, Captain William-O
A soldier shall not marry me, Captain William-O
Although you have my heart, we now must surely part
For I never will marry a soldier-o

Then I’ll drink no more of your wine, little Kelly-o
If you refuse to be mine, little Kelly-o
Tomorrow is the day when our troops will ride away
So bid one last farewell to your William-O

Green grows the grass on the bonnie countryside
And low lie the lowlands where the captain died
He is buried on a battlefield where the defeated never yield
He threw himself upon his sword for the love of kellyo

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from The Omnipresent No, released November 18, 2017
a variant reading og the tradtional song, the bonny lass of fennario with variant lyrics by bill whte

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