Twa recruiting sergeants came frae the Black Watch
Tae markets and fairs, some recruits for tae catch.
But a' they enlisted was forty and twa:
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come ye awa.
And it's over the mountain and over the Main,
Through Gibralter, to France and to Spain.
Wi a feather in yer bonnet, and a kilt aboon yer knee,
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.
Oh laddy ye dinna ken the danger that yer in
If yer horses was to fleg and yer oussen was tae rin
The greedy auld farmer he widni pay yer fee
So enlist my bonny laddie and come awa with me
And it's over the mountain and over the Main,
Through Gibralter, to France and to Spain.
Wi a feather in yer bonnet, and a kilt aboon yer knee,
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.
And its out o the barn and into the byre,
Thé greedy auld farmer, thinks ye'll never tire.
It's slavery job o'low degree.
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me
And it's over the mountain and over the Main,
Through Gibralter, to France and to Spain.
Wi a feather in yer bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee,
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.
Oh laddie if ye've got a sweetheart an bairn
Ye'll easily get rid o' that ill-spun yarn.
Twa rattles o' the drum, and that'll pay it a'.
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come ye awa.
And it's over the mountain and over the Main,
Through Gibralter, to France and Spain.
Wi a feather in yer bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee,
Enlist bonnie laddie and come awa with me.
And it's over the mountain and over the Main,
Through Gibralter, to France and to Spain.
Wi a feather in yer bonnet, and a kilt aboon yer knee,
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.