The Day We Went to Rothesay, O! 


One Hogmany at Glesca' Fair, 

There was me, my'sel' and' sev'ral mair 

And we all went off tae hae a tear, 

And spend the night in Rothsay-o 

We wandered thru the Broomielaw 

Thru frost and rain and hail and snaw 

And at forty minutes after twa 

We'd got the length of Rothsay-o 



Chorus 

Diddum a doo a dum a day, 

Diddum a doo a dy dum do 

Diddum a doo a dum a day, 

The night we went tae Rothsay-o. 



2. A soldier lad named Ru'glen Will, 

Wha' regiment's lyin' at Barn Hill 

Went off wi' a tanner to get a gill 

In a public hoose in Rothsay-o 

Says he: "I think I'd like to sing." 

Says I "y'll no do sic a thing!" 

"So clear the room and I'll make a ring 

And I'll fecht y'all in Rothsay-o!" 

Chorus 



3. In search of lodgin's we did slide 

To find a place where we could bide 

There was eighty-twa of us inside 

In a single room in Rothsay-o! 

We all lay doon t'take our ease, 

When somebody happend for to sneeze 

And he wakened half a million fleas 

In a lodgin' hoose in Rothsay-o! 

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4. There were several different kinds of bugs, 

Some had feet like dyer's clogs 

And they sat on the bed and they cockit their lugs 

And cried: "Hurrah! for Rothsay-o!" 

Says I: "I think it's time to slope!" 

For the polis wouldn'a let us stop, 

So we went and joined the Band O'Hope 

And said farewell tae Rothsay-o! 

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