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Lassie What Mair Wad Ye Ha'e

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Lassie What Mair Wad Ye Ha'e
32 bar Jig for 3 Couples in a 4 Couple Set, devised by George S Emmerson 1982, Published in The Thistle and Trillium.

Also known as "Sheila Scott's Jig"


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The title of this dance, Lassie What Mair Wad Ye Ha'e, comes from the Lassie What Mair Wad Ye Ha'e - Poem written by the Scottish poet Alexander Gray some time before 1940.

O, you're braw wi' your pearls and your diamonds,
You've routh o' a' thing, you may say,
And there's nane has got bonnier een, Kate:
'Od, lassie, what mair wad you hae?

The full poem may be found here https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/lassie-what-mair-wad-you-hae



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