Written by Lady Nairn

Wi’ a hundred pipers an’ a', an’ a’,

Wi' a hundred pipers an’ a’, an’ a',

We'll up an' gie them a blaw,

Wi’ a hundred pipers an' a’, an’ a',

Oh! It’s owre the Border awa', awa'

It’s owre the Border awa', awa’

We'll on and we’ll march to Carlisle ha'

Wi' its yetts, its castell, an' a’, an' a’

Wi' a hundredpipers an' a' an' a'

Wi' a hundredpipers an' a' an' a'

We'll up an'gie them a blaw, a blaw

Wi' a hundredpipers an' a' an' a'

Oh! our sodger lads looked braw, looked braw,

Wi’ their tartans, kilts an’ a', an’ a',

Wi’ their bonnets, an’ feathers, an’ glittering gear

An' pilbrochs sounding sweet and clear

Will they a’ return to their ain dear glen?

Will they a' return, our heiland men?

Second-sighted Sandy looked fu' wae

And mothers grat when they marched away

Chorus

The esk was swollen, sae red and sae deep

But shouther to shouther the brave lads keep

Twa thousand swam owre to fell English ground

An’ danced themselves dry to the pibroch’s sound

Dumbfounder’d the English saw---they saw---

Dumbfounder'd they heard the blaw, the blaw

Dumbfounder’d, they ran awa', awa' 

From the hundred pipers an a', an' a'

Chorus

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