Chorus (after each verse): Lay ye doon, love, I'll treat ye decent Lay ye doon, love, I'll fill yer can Lay ye doon, love, I'll treat ye decent For surely I'm an honest man
As I gaed oot ae December evening By the watter and the pleasant strand Oh as I was walking, I could hear people talking Saying, \"Surely he is an honest man\"
I hae travelled far fae Invery And doon as far as Edinburgh toon But I maun go and travel farther When I return I'll lay ye doon
I must go and I must leave you But I'll return, I'll tak yer hand And then no more from you I'll roam, love No more to walk on foreign sand