G                Am     C        G     Am       G
O come a´ ye tramps and hawker-lads an´ gaitherers o´ bla´
     G                 Em        G                  Am      Em
That tramp the country roun´ and roun´, come listen one and a´
     G             Em     G        Em          Am     Em
I´ll tell tae ye a rovin´ tale, o´ sights that I hae seen
    G           Am    C         G        C      G
Far up into the snowy north, or sooth by Gretna Green.


[Verse 2]
       G               Am C    G        Am      G
I´ve seen the high Ben Nevis a-towerin´ tae the moon
     G                        Em     G              Am    Em
I´ve been roun´ by Crieff an´ Callander an roun´ by Bonny Doon
     G                Em      G        Em     Am       Em
I´ve seen Loch Ness's silvery tide an´ places I'll tae ken
    G           Am     C          G         C     G
Far up into the stormy north lies Urquart´s fairy glen


[Verse 3]
   G             Am     C        G      Am        G
Ofttimes I laugh tae mysel´ as I wander alang the road
   G                Em        G                Am        Em
My toerags round my blistered feet, my face as broun´s a toad
    G                  Em     G         Em        Am     Em
Wi´ lumps o´cheese and tattie-scones or breid an´ braxie ham
    G                  Am     C        G        C        G
Nae thinking whar´ I´m comin´ frae nor thinkin´ whar I´m gang.


[Verse 4]
     G                Am      C       G       Am     G
I've done my share of humpin' wi' the dockers on the Clyde
     G                 Em       G                Am       Em
I've helped the Buckie trawlers hawl the herrin' o'er the side
     G                   Em     G           Em        Am       Em
I've helped to build the mighty bridge that spans the Firth o' Forth
        G          Am       C        G          C     G
And wi' mony Angus farmer's rig I've plowed the bonny earth


[Verse 5]
       G         Am     C      G         Am        G
I´m happy in the summer-time beneath the dark blue sky
    G               Em      G                  Am      Em
Nae thinkin´ in the mornin´ where at nicht i´m gang to lie
   G               Em  G            Em    Am      Em
In barn or byre or anywhere dossing out among the hay
    G              Am        C           G     C     G
And if the weather treats me right, I´m  happy every day.


[Verse 6]
     G           Am     C             G        Am      G
Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond, they´ve oft been seen by me
     G                Em  G                 Am      Em
The Dee, the Don, the Devron, that a´ flows tae the sea
    G            Em     G      Em     Am     Em
Dunrobin Castle, by the way, I nearly had forgot
        G                Am         C          G        C       G
And the reckless stanes o´cairn that mairks the hoose o´ John o´ Groat.


[Verse 7]
     G             Am   C        G     Am         G
I´ve been by bonny Gallowa´, an´ often roun´ Stranraer
   G                 Em  G              Am       Em
My business leads me anywhere, I travel near an´ far
     G               Em G     Em      Am       Em
I´ve got that rovin´ notion I wouldna like tae loss
    G             Am          C    G      C      G
For It´s my daily fare an´ as much I will pay my doss.


[Verse 8]
  G                   Am      C         G      Am    G
I think I´ll gang tae Paddy´s Lan´, I´m makin´ up my mind
     G                 Em      G            Am        Em
For Scotland´s greatly altered noo, I canna raise the wind
    G               Em   G          Em   Am       Em
But I will trust in Providence, and Providence be true
     G                 Am     C         G      C       G
I´ll sing ye´a song o´ Erin´s Isle when I come back to you.