Irish Rovers The Scottsman Lyrics

The Scottsman Lyrics

Well a Scottsman clad in kilt left a bar one evening fair

And one could tell by how he walked the he'd drunk more than his share

He fumbled 'round until he could no long keep his feet

And he stumbled off in to the grass to sleep beside the street



Ring-ding didle lidle la deo

Ring dye didley eye oh

He stumbled off in to the grass to sleep beside the street



About the time two young and lovely girls just happened by

One says to the other, with a twinkle in her eye

"See yon sleeping Scottsman, so strong a handsome built

I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt"



Ring-ding didle lidle la deo

Ring dye didley eye oh

I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt



They krept up on the sleeping Scottsman quiet as could be

They 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 didle lidle la deo

Ring dye didley 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 in to a bow

Around the bonnie star the Scotts kilt did lift and show



Ring-ding didle lidle la deo

Ring dye didley eye oh

Around the bonnie star the scotts kilt did lift and show



Now the Scottsman woke to natures call and stumbled for the trees

Behind the bush he lifts his kilt, and gawks at what he sees

And in a startled voice he says, to what's before his eyes,

"Lad, I don't know where you've been, but I see you've won first prize"



Ring-ding didle lidle la deo

Ring dye didley eye oh

Lad, I don't know where you've been, but I see you've won first prize