The Day we Went to Rothesay, O



One Hogmany at Glesca Fair

There was me, mysel' and sev'ral mair

We a' went off tp hae a tear

And spend the nicht in Rothesay, O.

We wander'd through the Broomilaw

Thro' wind and rain and sleet and snaw

And at forty minutes after twa

We got the lenghth of Rothesay, O.



cho: A dirrum a doo a dum a day

A dirrum a doo a daddy, O

A dirrum a doo a dum a day

The day we spent in Rothesay, O.



A sodger lad named Rutherglen Will

Wha's regiment lyin' at Barn Hill

Went off wi' a tanner to get a jill

In a public hoose in Rothesay, O.

Said he, "By Christ, I'd like to sing!"

Says I," Ye'll no do sic a thing."

He said, "Clear the room and I'll mak' a ring

And I'll fecht them a' in Rothesay, O!"



In search o' lodgins we did slide

To find a place where we could hide

There was eichty-twa o' us inside

In a single room in Rothesay, O.

We a' lay doon to tak' oor ease

When somebody happened for to sneeze,

And he wakened half a million fleas

In that single room in Rothesay, O



There were several different kinds o' bugs

Some had feet like dyers' clogs

And they say on the bed and they cockit' their lugs

And cried, "Hurrah for Rothesay, O!"

I said, "I think we should elope"

So we went and jouned the Band O' Hope

But the polis wouldna' let us stop

Anither nicht in Rothsey, O.



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