Chorus:
Here's tae the black watch, the bold kilted lads
That's newly cam hame frae the war
We'll gie them a healthy cheer an' drink a bump o' beer
For the boys o' the gallant forty-twa

Noo I am a sodger, my name, it's Willie Broon
An' I used tae be a weavin' lad an' li

Oh it's I am awa' tae my laddie's bedside
Oh I am awa' for tae be my laddie's guide
Oh I am awa' tae my laddie's bedside
Though his faither and mither, they'll be angry"

"Oh at my bedside, my lassie, ye'll no' sit
At my bedside, my lassie, ye'll no' sit
For it's I hae f

Oh gin I were a baron's heir
And could I braid wi' gems your hair
And mak ye braw as ye are fair
Lassie, wad ye lou me?
And I could tak ye tae the toon
And shaw ye braw sichts mony's an ane
And busk ye wi' a silken goon
Lassie, wad ye lou me?

And wad ye be conte

Greenland is a hell of a place
It's a place that's never green
Where there's ice and snow, and the whale fishes blow
And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys
The daylight's seldom seen

In eighteen hundred and sixty-four
On June the thirteen day
Our gallant ship he

"An' whaur ye been a' the day
Bonnie laddie, Heilan laddie?
An' whaur ye been sae lang awa'
My bonnie Heilan laddie?"

"Well, I've been seekin' fortune's road
Bonnie lassie, Heilan lassie
An' there's money at the whalin', so I've been told
My bonnie Heilan lassie

Cope sent a chaillenge frae Dunbar
Saying, "Charlie, meet me an' ye daur
An' I'll learn ye the airt o' war
If ye gang tae the coals in the morning"

When Charlie viewed the letter upon
He drew his sword his scabbard from
Sayin', "Gang wi' me, my merry men
And we'll m

"Oh it's I am awa' tae my laddie's bedside
Oh I am awa' for tae be my laddie's guide
Oh I am awa' tae my laddie's bedside
Though his faither and mither, they'll be angry"

"Oh at my bedside, my lassie, ye'll no' sit
At my bedside, my lassie, ye'll no' sit
For it's I hae

Maybe I'll be married
An' maybe nane at a'
Maybe I'll be married
Tae the laird of Turnisha'

Chorus (after each verse):
Oh riggy doo rig, rig a daddy
Oh riggy doo rig, rig a day
Oh riggy doo rig, rig a daddy
Oh riggy doo rig, rig a day

Maybe I'll be married

They shot him dead at the nine stone rig beside the headless cross
And they left him lying in his blood upon the moor and the moss
They buried him at midnight and the dew fell cold and still
And the women in gray for God to pray, and the mist clung to the hill

Oh gentle wind th

I aince had a sweetheart but noo I hae nane
He stole awa' my hairt, but I got it back again
Aye, I got it back again, aye and sae let it be
For I care nae mair for him than the waves o' the sea

Chorus:
And the sands o' the shore and the waves o' the sea
When his back is

We sat in his living room staring at the fire
And watched as the sparks leapt from the grate, and the flames rose higher
It was hard for me to tell him it was time for me to leave
He said, "I didn't go see the world, I thought that it would come to me"

Pointing to the mantelpie

Doon Deeside cam Inveray a-whistlin' an' playin'
An' he cam by Brackley's yetts ere the day was dawin'
"Oh are ye there, Brackley, and are ye within?
Oor shairp swords are at yer yetts, an' we'll gaur your bluid spin"

"Rise up, Betsy Gordon, an' gie me my gun
For though I g

In Perth there lived a bonnie lad
A brewer tae his trade O
An' he is courted Peggie Roy
A young and handsome maid O

Chorus:
Wi' a fall dall diddle um a die dum doo
Wi' a fall dall diddle um a die doh

Well, he's courted her for seven lang years
A' for tae gain

Now it's three long years since we made her pay
Sing haul away my laddie O
And the owners say that she's had her day
And sing haul away my laddie O

So heave away for the final trawl
Sing haul away my laddie O
It's an easy pull for the catch is small
And sing haul aw

As I cam in yon water side
And by yon shillin' hill O
It's there I spied a bonny young lass
A lass I lo'ed richt weel O

Chorus (after each verse):
The mill mill O, and the kill kill O
And the coggin' o' Peggy's wheel O
The seck and the seeve a' she did leave
An'

I've travelled far, I've wandered wide
Seen the Hudson and the Clyde
I've courted by Loch Lomand side
But I dearly lou the borders

Chorus:
When I die, bury me low
Where I can hear the bonnie Tweed flow
A sweeter place I'll never know
Than the rolling hills o' th

My love, he stands in yon chaumer door
Combin' doon his yella hair
His curly locks I like tae see
I wonder if my love minds on me

Chorus (after each verse):
Will ye gang, love, and leave me noo?
Will ye gang, love, and leave me noo?
Wid ye forsake yer ain love true<