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The Piper o' Dundee

The piper came to oor toon, 

To our town, to oor toon 

The piper came to oor toon 

And he played so bonnielie, 

He play'd a spring the laird to please, 

A spring brent new from 'yont the seas 

And then he gae his bags a squeeze 

And played anither key

And wasna he a rougey, a rougey, a rougey, 

And wasna he a rougey, the piper o' Dundee.

He play'd "The Welcome Ower the Main" 

And "Ye's Be Fou and I'se be Fain" 

And "Auld Stuart's Back Again" 

Wi' muckle mirth and glee. 

He play'd "The Kirk", he play'd "The Queen" 

"The Mullin Dhu" and "Chevalier" 

And "Lang Awa' But Welcome Here" 

Sae sweet, sae bonnielie.

It's some gat swords and some gat nane 

And some were dancing mad their lane 

And mony a vow o' weir was ta'en 

That night at Amulrie. 

There was Tillibardine, and Burleigh 

And Struan, Keith, and Olgivie, 

And brave Carnegie, wha' but he, 

The piper o' Dundee.

And wasna he a rougey, a rougey, a rougey, 

And wasna he a rougey, the piper o' Dundee.

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