TWA RECRUITIN' SERGEANTS



from Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise FSS-69





1. Twa recruiting sergeants came fra the Black Watch

Twa markets and fairs, some recruits for to catch

But a' that they 'listed was forty and twa:

Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa



Chorus:

And it's over the mountain and over the main

Through Gibralter, to France and Spain

Get a feather to your bonnet, and a kilt abon your knee

Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.



2. Oh laddie ye dinna ken the danger that yer in

If yer horses was to flag, and yer housin' was to ruin

This greedy ole farmer, he wouldna pay yer fee

enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me



3. With your tattie porin's and yer meal and kale,

yer soor sooin' sourin's and yer ill-brewed ale,

yer buttermilk, yer wye, and yer breid fired-raw

Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa



4. And its into the barn and out o' the briar

This ole farmer, he thinks ye never tire

It's slavery job o' very low degree

Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me



5. O laddie if ye've got a sweetheart or a bairn,

Ye'll easily get rid o' that ill spun yarn

twa rattles o' the drum aye and that'll pay for all

Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa.





Aboon: above

Tattie pourin's: water in which pototoes have been boiled.

Soor sooin' sourin's: sowens, a dish made by steeping and

fermenting the husks, seeds, or siftings of oats in water, then

boiling; likely a poor substitute for beer.



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