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Twa Recruitin Sergeants
Harbour Folk Band
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Well twa recruitin' sairgants come frae the black watch
Through market and farm, some recruits for to catch
But all that they've listed is forty an' twa
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come, come awa
For over your mountains, across the raging main
Through Gibralter to France and to Spain
Get a feather tae yer bonnet lad, yer kilt abeen yer knee
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me
Noo laddie if ye ken, oh, the danger that ye're in
If your horses wis to fleg or your ousen to rin
Hell, I dinni heed yon fairmer, he winni pey your fee
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me
For over your mountains, across the raging main
Through Gibralter to France and to Spain
Get a feather tae yer bonnet lad, yer kilt abeen yer knee
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me
And it's oot of the fermyard and intae the byre
This stingy auld fairmer thinks ye'll never tire
It's a hell of an existence, a life of low degree
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me
For over your mountains, across the raging main
Through Gibralter to France and to Spain
Get a feather tae yer bonnet lad, yer kilt abeen yer knee
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me
Wi your tatty poorins an' your meal an' your kail
Your soor sowen soorins and your ill-brewed ale
Your buttermilk and whey, your breid fired raw
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come, come awa
For over your mountains, across the raging main
Through Gibralter to France and to Spain
Get a feather tae yer bonnet lad, yer kilt abeen yer knee
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me
Noo, laddie if ye've fitten your sweetheart wi bairn
Ye'll easy get rid o' that ill-spun yarn
Twa rattles o' the drum boy, an that'll pey it a'
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come, come awa
For over your mountains, across the raging main
Through Gibralter to France and to Spain
Get a feather tae yer bonnet lad, yer kilt abeen yer knee
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me
Twa recruitin' sairgants come frae the black watch
Through market and farm, some recruits for to catch
But all that they've listed is forty an' twa
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come, come awa
For over your mountains, across the raging main
Through Gibralter to France and to Spain
Get a feather tae yer bonnet lad, yer kilt abeen yer knee
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me
For over your mountains, across the raging main
Through Gibralter to France and to Spain
Get a feather tae yer bonnet lad, yer kilt abeen yer knee
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me