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The Scotsman by Irish Rovers
The Scotsman
I find it sounds better and is easier in C.
C F G C
A SCOTSMAN CLAD IN A KILT LEFT THE BAR ONE EVENING FAIR
C F C G
AND ONE COULD TELL BY HOW HE WALKED HE'D DRUNK MORE THAN HIS SHARE
F C G
HE STUMBLED ON UNTIL HE COULD NO LONGER KEEP HIS FEET
C G C F G C
THEN HE STAGGERED OFF INTO THE GRASS TO SLEEP BESIDE THE STREET
F C G
RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, RING DI DEEDLE O DEE
C G C F G C
HE STUMBLED OFF INTO THE GRASS TO SLEEP BESIDE THE STREET
C F G C
LATER ON TWO YOUNG AND LOVELY GIRLS JUST HAPPENED BY
C F C G
AND ONE SAYS TO THE OTHER WITH A TWINKLE IN HER EYE
F C G
"YOU SEE YON SLEEPING SCOTSMAN - SO STRONG AND HANDSOME BUILT
C G C F G C
I WONDER IF IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY DON'T WEAR BENEATH THE KILT?"
F C G
RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, RING DI DEEDLE O DEE
C G C F G C
"I WONDER IF IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY DON'T WEAR BENEATH THE KILT?"
C F G C
THEY CREPT UP TO THE SLEEPING SCOTSMAN QUIET AS COULD BE
C F C G
LIFTED UP HIS KILT ABOVE THE WAIST SO THEY COULD SEE
F C G
AND THERE BEHOLD FOR THEM TO VIEW BENEATH HIS SCOTTISH SKIRT
C G C F G C
WAS NOTHING BUT WHAT GOD HAD GRACED HIM WITH UPON HIS BIRTH
F C G
RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, RING DI DEEDLE O DEE
C G C F G C
WAS NOTHING BUT WHAT GOD HAD GRACED HIM WITH UPON HIS BIRTH
C F G C
THEY MARVELED FOR A MOMENT THEN ONE SAID "WE'D BEST BE GONE,
C F C G
BUT LET'S LEAVE A PRESENT FOR OUR FRIEND BEFORE WE MOVE ALONG"
F C G
SO AS A GIFT THEY LEFT A BLUE SILK RIBBON - TIED INTO A BOW
C G C F G C
AROUND THE BONNIE STAR OF THE SCOT'S KILT-LIFTING SHOW
F C G
RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, RING DI DEEDLE O DEE
C G C F G C
AROUND THE BONNIE STAR OF THE SCOT'S KILT-LIFTING SHOW
C F G C
THE SCOTSMAN WOKE TO NATURE'S CALL AND STUMBLED TOWARD THE TREES
C F C G
BEHIND A BUSH HE LIFTS HIS KILT AND HE GAWKS AT WHAT HE SEES
F C G
THEN IN A STARTLED VOICE HE SAYS TO WHAT'S BEFORE HIS EYES
C G C F G C
"MY FRIEND, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU BEEN, BUT I SEE YOU WON FIRST PRIZE
F C G
RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, RING DI DEEDLE O DEE
C G C F G C
"MY FRIEND, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU BEEN, BUT I SEE YOU WON FIRST PRIZE.
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