What is Dinnae Lippen?
1.
of scottish origin, fameous in the song "The Birkin Tree".
Means: dont trust/count on it
Oh lad, my haun' I canna gi'e
But aiblins I man steal the key
And I'll meet ye at yon birkin tree
That grows doon in the glen O
But dinnae lippen, laddie
I canna promise, laddie
Oh dinnae lippen, laddie
In case I canna win O
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