I have funds tae buy me whiskey Monie funds tae call my ain But if I should get to fu' o' water Wha's the man that would carry me hame?
CHORUS: And if I be dround in the Isla Waters Hou the deuce would I win Hame? If I be drounk in the Isla Waters My wee doggie would find me in the Isla stream.
Ilka day I cross that water Aye she's brackent wi' the sea But if there is o' ale-hous laughter Daurk an' still she waits on me.
CHORUS
Like the fisher's line that's brawken Leaves the salmon tae the swell Monie's the nicht ye'll fan' me souken But ye brak the line yersel.
CHORUS
Aa' my days I've lived the quarter Baud and bonnie fine stuff I've seen But should I droun in your water My wee doggie would find me in the Isla Stream.