The Island Boy

I'm working here in Glasgow and I've got a decent job I'm playing tunes and 'dramming' with the West Coast's finest malt I wake up in the morning and a curer I do seek And by the time the night has come it's the middle of next week! Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, you'll hear the people cry Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, renowned from Mull to Skye You're a decent boy from the Hebrides and no one can deny You're a hair-um, scare-um, devil may care-um, rowdy Island boy The day I left my island 't was many years ago I left my home in Scarinish where the fields of silage grow And since I left my island it's always been my plan to let the people see that I'm a decent island Man Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, you'll hear the people cry Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, renowned from Mull to Skye You're a decent boy from the Hebrides and no one can deny You're a hair-um, scare-um, devil may care-um, rowdy Island boy When I came to Glasgow, on a quest I did embark I spent my hours in the Snaffle, the Islay and the Park But now I'm getting older And I'm weary of the drink And think it's just about the time to find the missing link! Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, you'll hear the people cry Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, renowned from Mull to Skye You're a decent boy from the Hebrides and no one can deny You're a hair-um, scare-um, devil may care-um, rowdy Island boy And if there's one among you that would like to marry me, I'll take you to my little home, a bothan by the sea, I'll kit you out with welly-boots and please you all I can, to let the locals see that I'm a decent Island Man! Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, you'll hear the people cry Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, renowned from Mull to Skye You're a decent boy from the Hebrides and no one can deny You're a hair-um, scare-um, devil may care-um, rowdy Island boy Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, you'll hear the people cry Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, renowned from Mull to Skye You're a decent boy from the Hebrides and no one can deny You're a hair-um, scare-um, devil may care-um, rowdy Island boy Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, you'll hear the people cry Hello Dòmhnall 'ic Sheumais, renowned from Mull to Skye You're a decent boy from the Hebrides and no one can deny You're a hair-um, scare-um, devil may care-um, rowdy Island boy You're a hair-um, scare-um, devil may care-um, rowdy Island boy You're a hair-um, scare-um, devil may care-um, west coast Island boy