BONNIE BESSIE LOGAN (Reply of ‘This Ane’)
Bonnie Bessie Logan is a beautiful Scottish folk song written by Alexander Anderson and made popular by Dougie MacLean. Beneath the overtly romantic surface of the MacLean version, however, there lurks a nasty insult to the singer's wife whom he refers to, disparagingly, as 'This Ane'. This song gives 'This Ane' the opportunity to tell her side of the story.
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Bonnie Bessie Logan, she's no as young, as a’ that,
An' if ye see her sideways, that’s no' just puppy fat.
She's plastered in mascara and her body odour’s grim,
But he thinks she’s really gorgeous;
Well mair fool him!
Bonnie Bessie Logan, he says he lo'es her style,
But she should heed a warning, he’s no far fae a paedophile.
His profile on the internet is a teenage hip-hop dancer;
He went to meet a schoolgirl once,
‘She’ turned out to be a nightclub bouncer!
Bonnie Bessie Logan, she’s stole his heart awa'
And when he thinks upon her, his tears doon softly fa',
‘Cause he thinks he’s gonna “lie wi' this ane” until the day he’ll dee,
But he disnae ken I’m running off
Wi’ Big Jock MacNamee!
Bonnie Bessie Logan is a beautiful Scottish folk song written by Alexander Anderson and made popular by Dougie MacLean. Beneath the overtly romantic surface of the MacLean version, however, there lurks a nasty insult to the singer's wife whom he refers to, disparagingly, as 'This Ane'. This song gives 'This Ane' the opportunity to tell her side of the story.
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Bonnie Bessie Logan, she's no as young, as a’ that,
An' if ye see her sideways, that’s no' just puppy fat.
She's plastered in mascara and her body odour’s grim,
But he thinks she’s really gorgeous;
Well mair fool him!
Bonnie Bessie Logan, he says he lo'es her style,
But she should heed a warning, he’s no far fae a paedophile.
His profile on the internet is a teenage hip-hop dancer;
He went to meet a schoolgirl once,
‘She’ turned out to be a nightclub bouncer!
Bonnie Bessie Logan, she’s stole his heart awa'
And when he thinks upon her, his tears doon softly fa',
‘Cause he thinks he’s gonna “lie wi' this ane” until the day he’ll dee,
But he disnae ken I’m running off
Wi’ Big Jock MacNamee!
