Behold I am a soldier bold and only twenty five years old a braver warrior never was seen fae Inverness tae Gretna green
When I was young my father said he`d put me tae a decent trade a didnae like that job at aw so went and joined the forty twa
The wind may blaw, the cock may craw the rain may rain and the snaw may snaw but ye`winna frichten Jock Mcgraw he`s the stoutest man in the forty twa
The sergent when he listed me he winked his ee an then say`s he a man like you sae stout and tall can ne`r be killed by a cannonball
The captain then when he cam roond and looked me up and looked me doon then turnin tae the sergeant awa ye scamp ye`ve lested the bleachfield oot on tramp
The wind may blaw, the cock may craw the rain may rain and the snaw may snaw but ye`winna frichten Jock Mcgraw he`s the stoutest man in the forty twa
At oor last fecht across the sea the general he sends efter me when I get there wi my big gun the battle of course it was won
The enemy aw run awa they were feert at Jock McGraw a man like me sae tall and neat ye ken yersel could never be beat
The wind may blaw, the cock may craw the rain may rain and the snaw may snaw but ye`winna frichten Jock Mcgraw he`s the stoutest man in the forty twa
The king then held a grand review we numbered a thoosand and sixty two the kiltie lads come marchin past and Jock McGraw came marching last
The royal pairty grabbed their sticks and all began tae stretch their necks cries the king to the colonel upon my soul I took thet man for a telegraph pole
The wind may blaw, the cock may craw the rain may rain and the snaw may snaw but ye`winna frichten Jock Mcgraw he`s the stoutest man in the forty twa