Johnny Lad

I bought a wife in Edinburgh
For ae baw-bee
I got a farthing back again
To buy tobacco wi'

And wi' you, and wi' you
And wi’ you, Johnnie lad
I'll drink the buckles o' my sheen
Wi' you my Johnnie lad

Samson was a michty man
And focht wi' cuddie's jaws;
And focht a score o' battles
Wearing crimson flannel drawers

And wi' you, and wi' you
And wi’ you, Johnnie lad
I'll drink the buckles o' my sheen
Wi' you my Johnnie lad

There was a man in Nineveh
And he was wondrous wise;
He lowped into a hawthorn hedge
And scratched oot baith his eyes

And wi' you, and wi' you
And wi’ you, Johnnie lad
I'll drink the buckles o' my sheen
Wi' you my Johnnie lad

And when he saw his eyes were oot
He was gey troubled thеn;
He lowped into anither hеdge
And scratched them in again

And wi' you, and wi' you
And wi’ you, Johnnie lad
I'll drink the buckles o' my sheen
Wi' you my Johnnie lad

Napoleon was an emperor
He ruled by land and sea;
He was King of France and Germany
But he never ruled Polmadie

And wi' you, and wi' you
And wi’ you, Johnnie lad
I'll drink the buckles o' my sheen
Wi' you my Johnnie lad

One Sunday I went walking
And there I saw the Queen
Playing at. the fit-ba'
Wi' the lads on Glesca-Green

And wi' you, and wi' you
And wi’ you, Johnnie lad
I'll drink the buckles o' my sheen
Wi' you my Johnnie lad

The captain o' the ither side
Was scoring wi' great style
So the Queen she ca'd a polisman
And stuck him in the jail

And wi' you, and wi' you
And wi’ you, Johnnie lad
I'll drink the buckles o' my sheen
Wi' you my Johnnie lad

Johnnie is a bonnie lad
He is a lad o' mine;
Inever had a better lad
And I've had twentynine

And wi' you, and wi' you
And wi’ you, Johnnie lad
I'll drink the buckles o' my sheen
Wi' you my Johnnie lad