Heilan Laddie
A
walkaway or stamp-n-go song popular in the Dundee
whalers. It is based on an old Scottish
march and dance tune and is of a fair age.
A version was used working cargo in the timber ports of Canada and
north-east America. The very similar Donkey
Riding was also popular among the timber droghers, both in
Heilan Laddie
I went to Church I went to Chapel
Pull Down Below
I went to Church I went to Chapel
Pull Down Below
Oh Wo Highland Landie Pull Down Below
Oh Highland Landie Bonnie Laddie Pull Down Below
Sally lived on an old plantation
The daughter of the Wild Goose Nation
For seven years he courted Sally
But all she did was dilly dally
He bought no gowns and he bought no laces
He never took her fancy places
Oh Sally Brown she loved him dearly
She had his heart so very nearly
Oh Sally Brown he would not marry
And she didn’t care to tarry
This laddie he did get a notion
To sail away across the ocean
He went to Kirk he went to Chapel
He went to Kirk he went to Chapel