Monday

Pleading or Accusatory?

My mother is sick of hearing this. There's this song; "Will Ye No Come Back Again?" that goes like this:

Bonnie Charlie's gone awa'
Safely o'er the bounding main
Many's the heart will break in twa
Should he ne'er come back again!

You trusted in your highland men.
They trusted thee, dear Charlie.
They kent your hiding in the glen
Death or exile braving.

English bribes were a' in vain
Though poor and poorer we maun be
Silver cannot buy the heart
That beats aye for thee and thine.

We watched thee in the gloaming hour
We watched thee in the morning gray
Though thirty thousand pound they gie
There is none who would betray!

(chorus)Will ye no come back again?
Will ye no' come back again?
Better loved ye canna be.
Will ye no' come back again?


So is this pleading (come back, Charlie, come back!)? Or is it accusatory (Charlie, get back here now we did plenty for you get back here or else!)? Hmmm...

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