The Scotsman Song

Album: Home, Home on the Road (1980)
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  • Well a Scotsman clad in kilt left the bar one evening fair
    One could tell by how he walked that he'd drunk more than his share
    He fumbled round until he could no longer keep his feet
    Then he stumbled off into the grass asleep beside the street

    Ring-ding-did-a-little-la-di-oh, Ring-di-diddly-eye-oh,
    He stumbled off into the grass asleep beside the street

    About that time two young n' lovely girls just happened by
    One says to the other with a twinkle in her eye
    "See yon sleeping Scotsman so strong and handsome built,
    I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt."

    Ring-ding-did-a-little-la-di-oh, Ring-di-diddly-eye-oh,
    I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt

    They crept up on that sleeping Scotsman quiet as could be
    Lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see
    And there behold for them to view beneath his Scottish skirt
    Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth

    Ring-ding-did-a-little-la-di-oh, Ring-di-diddly-eye-oh,
    Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth

    They marveled for a moment then one said, "We must be gone.
    Let's leave a present for our friend before we move along."
    As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon tied into a bow
    Around the bonnie star the Scot's kilt did lift and show.
    Around the bonnie star the Scot's kilt did lift and show.

    Now the Scotsman woke to nature's call and stumbled towards the trees
    Behind a bush he lift his kilt and gawks at what he sees
    And in a startled voice he says to what's before his eyes
    "Ah, lad I don't know you've been but I see you won first prize."

    Ring-ding-did-a-little-la-di-oh, Ring-di-diddly-eye-oh,
    "Ah, lad I don't know you've been but I see you won first prize." Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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