Twas on a Monday morning, Right early in the year, That Charlie came to our town, The young Chevalier.
[Chorus:] Charlie is my darling, My darling, my darling, Charlie is my darling, The young Chevalier.
As he was walking doon the street, (doon-down) The city for to view, O there he spied a bonie lass (bonie lass-beautiful girl) The windae peekin’ through. (windae peekin’-window lookin’) Oh Charlie is my darling...
So light he jumped up the stair, [ Eddi Reader Lyrics are found on www.dapslyrics.com ] And tirl’d at the pin; (tirl’d at the pin-rang the doorbell) And wha’s sae ready but herself (wha’s sae-who’s so) To let the laddie in? (laddie-boy) Oh Charlie is my darling...
He set his Jenny on his knee, (set-sat) All in his highland dress; For brawly weel he kent the way (brawly weel-very well, kent-knew) To please a highland lass.
Oh Charlie is my darling... It’s up yon heathery mountain, (yon-that) And down yon scroggie glen, (scroggie glen-scrubland) We daurnae gang a-milking, (daurnae gang-dare not go) For Charlie and all his men, Oh Charlie is my darling...