Chorus: It's over the mountains and over the main Through Gibraltar tae France and tae Spain Wi' a feather in your bonnet and a kilt aboon your knee So 'list my bonnie laddie and come awa wi' me
There was twa recruitin' sergeants came frae the Black Watch Tthrough markets and through fairs, some recruits for tae catch But a' that they 'listed was forty and twa So 'list my bonnie laddie and come awa
Its in by the barn and out by the byre This ole farmer, he thinks ye'll never tire It's a slavery job o' low degree So 'list my bonnie laddie and come awa with me
Now laddie ye dinna ken the danger that ye're in If yer horses was to fleg, and yer hoosin' was to run This greedy ole fairmer, he wouldna pay yer fee So 'list my bonnie laddie and come awa with me
Wi' your tattie pourin's and yer meal and kale Yer soor sooin' sourin's and yer ill-brewed ale Wi' yer buttermilk and wye, and yer breid fired raw So 'list my bonnie laddie and come awa
Now laddie if ye've got a sweetheart or a bairn Ye'll easily get rid o' that ill spun yarn Twa rattles o' the drum and that'll pay it all So 'list my bonnie laddie and come awa
Tattie pourin's: water in which potatoes have been boiled. Soor sooin' sourin's: sowens, a dish made by steeping and fermenting the husks, seeds, or siftings of oats in water, then boiling; likely a poor substitute for beer.
