Tar Barrel in Dale

Tar barrel in Dale

Fire in snow

Toast the New Year

Bid farewell to the old

The old year out

The New Year in

Please won't you let

The lucky bird in

With bottle in hand

And a piece of black coal

A stranger's a friend

When first-footing you go

Tar barrel in Dale

Fire in snow

Toast the New Year

Bid farewell to the old

At midnight's approach

The band you can hear

The fiery procession

Of guisers draws near

With friends and good company

With voices so clear

Singing in harmony

Bringing in the New Year

Tar barrel in Dale

Fire in snow

Toast the New Year

Bid farewell to the old

Off the heads of the guisers

The blazing barrels are hurled

Onto the bonfire

Smoke, sparks and flames swirl

Amidst cheers and rejoicing

The rights of Old Father Time

We'll link arms together

Sing Auld Lang Syne

Tar barrel in Dale

Fire in snow

Toast the New Year

Bid farewell to the old

Throughout the year

When we sing this song

With old friends and new friends

Sing along

May good fortune be with you

From all sorrows refrain

Till that happy time

When we all meet again

Tar barrel in Dale

Fire in snow

Toast the New Year

Bid farewell to the old

Tar barrel in Dale

Fire in snow

Toast the New Year

Bid farewell to the old