Twa recruitin' sergents cym ffidh o'r blech gwaith
Ti'r margits yn ffair,
sum recrutes for tae carch
And a that they listed was forty and twa,
So list bonnie laddie in Cummerwa
For it's over the mountain and over the main,
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
Get a feather tae yer bullet and a kilt o'r beignion gne
And list bonnie laddie in Cummerwa with me
O laddie,
you dinna ken the danger that yer in,
If yer horses wis to flag and yer owsen wis to ren,
This greedy old fair man wanna pay yer fee,
So list bonnie laddie in Cummerwa with me
For it's over the mountain and over the main,
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
Get a feather tae yer bullet and a kilt o'r beignion
gne And list bonnie laddie in Cummerwa with me
For it's end by the bum and doot by the bayer,
This old fair ma think she'll never tire,
For it's a slavery job of low degree,
So list bonnie laddie in Cummerwa with me
For it's over the mountain and over the main,
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
Get a feather tae yer bullet and a kilt o'r beignion
gne And list bonnie laddie in Cummerwa with me
For
it's over the mountain and over the main,
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
Get a feather tae yer bullet and a kilt o'r beignion
gne And list bonnie laddie in Cummerwa with me
Wee yer tatty poorins and yer meal and kale,
Yer soor sowin soorins and yer ale brew tale,
Wee yer buttermilk and white and yer breed fie it's raw,
Oh list bonnie laddie in Cummerwa
For it's over the mountain and over the main,
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
Get a feather tae yer bullet and a kilt o'r beignion gne
And list bonnie laddie in Cummerwa with me
Oh laddie if you've got a sweet hair to nae bairn,
You'll easily be rid o' that else bon yern,
To a rattles o' the drum and that'll pay it's ar,
So list bonnie laddie in Cummerwa
For it's over the mountain and over the main,
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
Get a feather tae yer bullet and a kilt o'r beignion
gne And list bonnie laddie in Cummerwa with me