TWA Recruiting Sergeants

作词 : DR. Traditional

作曲 : DR. Traditional

Twa recruiting sergeants came frae the Black Watch

Tae markets and fairs, some recruits for tae catch.

But a' that they 'listed was forty and twa:

Sae list my bonnie laddie an' come awa.

Oh it's over the mountain and over the Main,

Through Gibraltar, to France and Spain.

Pit a feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee,

Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.

Oh laddie ye dinna ken the danger that yer in.

If yer horses was to fleg, and yer owsen was to rin,

This greedy ole farmer, he wouldna pay yer fee.

Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa wi' me

Oh it's over the mountain and over the Main,

Through Gibraltar, to France and Spain.

Pit a feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee,

Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.

Oh its into the barn and out o' the byre,

This ole farmer, he thinks ye never tire.

For it's a slavery job , a poor degree.

Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa with me

Oh it's over the mountain and over the Main,

Through Gibraltar, to France and Spain.

Pit a feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee,

Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.

Oh it's over the mountain and over the Main,

Through Gibraltar, to France and Spain.

Pit a feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee,

Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.

With your tattie porin's and yer meal and kale,

Yer soor sowan' soorin's and yer ill-brewed ale,

Yer buttermilk, yer whey, and yer breid fired raw.

Oh list bonnie laddie and come awa.

Oh it's over the mountain and over the Main,

Through Gibraltar, to France and Spain.

Pit a feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee,

Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.

O laddie if ye've got a sweetheart an' a bairn,

Ye'll easily get rid o' that ill-spun yarn.

Twa rattles o' the drum, aye and that'll pay it a'.

Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa.

For it's over the mountain and over the Main,

Through Gibraltar, to France and Spain.

Pit a feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee,

Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.