Twa recruiting sergeants (scottish anti-recruitingsong)
For it's over the mountain and over the main Through Gibralta to France and Spain It's a feather to your bonnet, a kilt upon your knee So list bonny laddie and come awa' wi' me
Now, twa recruting sergeants came frae the black watch Through markets and fairs some recruits for to catch But all that they listed was forty and twa So list bonny laddie and come awa'
Now, laddie, you canna know the danger that you're in If your horses was to fly and your house was to ruin This greedy, old farmer will na' pay your fee So list bonny laddie and come awa' wi' me
For its out by the barn and in by the fire This old farmer thinks he'll never tire It's a slavery job of lowly degree Lyrics www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/tommy_makem/ So list bonny laddie and come awa' wi' me
Now, laddie, if you have a sweetheart in the barn You'll easy be rid of her ill-spun yarn Twa rattles on the drum and that will pay it all So list bonny laddie and come come awa'