Twa Recruitin' Sergeants

There was twa recruitin' sergeants came frae the Black Watch Tae markets and fairs, some recruits for tae catch But a' that they 'listed was forty and twa Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa And it's over the mountains and over the Main Through Gibralter, 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 It's out o' the barn and into the byre Well this ole farmer, he thinks ye never tire It's a slavery job of low degree Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa with me And it's over the mountains and over the Main Through Gibralter, 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 And it's over the mountains and over the Main Through Gibralter, 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 Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa And it's over the mountains and over the Main Through Gibralter, 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 if ye had 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 And it's over the mountains and over the Main Through Gibralter, 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 And it's over the mountains and over the Main Through Gibralter, 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