Lady Nairne - The Women Are A Gaen Wud Ukulele

[Verse]
Em
The women are a' gane wud;
  Dm
O that he had bidden awa!
             Em
He's turn'd their heads the lad,
    Bm                   Em
And ruin will bring on us a'.

Em
I aye was a peaceable man,
                D
My wife she did doucely behave;
      Em
But now, do a' that I can,
  Bm                     Em
She 's just as wud as the lave.

Bm Em

[Verse]
Em
My wife she wears the cockade,
           Dm
Though she kens it's the thing that l hate ;
  Em
There's ane too prinn'd on her maid,
  Bm                    Em
 And baith will tak' the gate.

[Chorus]
Em
The women are a' gane wud;
  Dm
O that he had bidden awa!
             Em
He's turn'd their heads the lad,
    Bm                   Em
And ruin will bring on us a'.

[Verse]
 Em
I've lived a' my days in the strath ;
             D
Now Tories infest me at hame;
     Em
And though I tak' nae part at a',
  Bm                       Em
Baith sides do gi'e me the blame.

 Em
The senseless creatures ne'er think
           Dm
What ill the lad will bring back ;
   Em
We'd ha'e the Pope and the de'il,
  Bm                   Em
And a' the rest o' the pack.

[Chorus]
Em
The women are a' gane wud;
  Dm
O that he had bidden awa!
             Em
He's turn'd their heads the lad,
    Bm                   Em
And ruin will bring on us a'.

[Verse]
 Em
The wild Highland lads they did pass,
              D
The yetts wide open they flee ;
        Em
They ate the very house bare
  Bm                     Em
And ne'er spier'd leave o' me.

 Em
But when the red coats gaed by,
            Dm
D'ye think they'd let them alane?
      Em
They a' the louder did cry-
    Bm                        Em
"Prince Charlie win soon get his ain."

[Chorus]
Em
The women are a' gane wud;
  Dm
O that he had bidden awa!
             Em
He's turn'd their heads the lad,
    Bm                   Em
And ruin will bring on us a'.