Contains some scenes of a sexual nature

She's Hoy'd Me Out O' Lauderdale


There liv'd a lady in Lauderdale, She lo'ed a fiddler fine; She lo'ed him in her chamber, She held him in her mind; She made his bed at her bed-stock, She said he was her brither; But she's hoy'd him out o' Lauderdale, His fiddle and a' thegither. First when I cam to Lauderdale, I had a fiddle gude, My sounding-pin stood like the aik That grows in Lauder-wood; But now my sounding-pin's gaen down, And tint the foot forever; She's hoy'd me out o' Lauderdale, My fiddle and a' thegither. First when I came to Lauderdale, Your Ladyship can declare, I play'd a bow, a noble bow, As e'er was strung wi' hair; But dow'na do's come o'er me now, And your Ladyship winna consider; She's hoy'd me out of Lauderdale, My fiddle and a' thegither.

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John Cairney

About this work

This is a poem by Robert Burns. It is read here by John Cairney.

More about this poem

It is thought that Burns collected 'She'd Hoy'd Me Out o' Lauderdale'. It first appeared in the collection of bawdy songs The Merry Muses of Caledonia in 1799.

Humorous metaphorical references to male private parts (here a 'fiddle' and 'sounding pin') are common in folk bawdry. See also the bawdy song Duncan Macleerie.

Pauline Mackay

Themes for this poem

sexagebawdry

Locations for this poem

Lauderdale

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