THAT'S OOR MAGGIE

OCH! YE KNOW, SHE'S KISSED BY A' THE LEAVES

AND SHE'S EMBRACED BY A' THE TREES

A WEE SMILE FAE OOR MAGGIE

WOULD BRING YE TAE YIR KNEES

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SHE'S A SISTER AND A MOTHER

AND AN AUNTIE AND A FRIEND

SHE'S A NURSE TAE A' THE WORLD

HER KINDNESS HAS NO END

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SHE HAS A KIND WORD FOR EVERY CREATURE

NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE FAE

AND SHE'LL CUDDLE YOUR HEART FOREVER

THAT'S OOR MAGGIE

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SHE LIGHTS UP EVERY ROOM

THAT SHE WALKS IN TAE

SHE PUTS DARKNESS IN THE SHADE

THAT'S OOR MAGGIE

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WHEN SHE WALKS UP THE STREET

ALL THE PEOPLE TURN AND SAY

THERE GOES A BONNIE LASS

THAT'S OOR MAGGIE

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SO THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE HER

GIVE HER A SMILE AND JUST SAY

"YOU'RE A DIAMOND IN THIS WORLD

YOUR'E OOR MAGGIE"

Written for my sister Maggie on March 11th at 7.00 am 2007.