A Hundred Pipers [English translation]

[Chorus:]

Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'

Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'

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

Wi' a hundred pipers, an' a', an' a'

O it's owre the border awa', awa'

It's owre the border awa', awa'

We'll on an' we'll march to Carlisle ha'

Wi' its yetts, its castle an' a', an a'

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O! our sodger lads looked braw, looked braw

Wi' their tartan kilts an' a', an' a',

Wi' their bonnets an' feathers an' glitt'rin' gear

An' pibrochs sounding loud and clear

Will they a' return to their ain dear glen?

Will they a' return oor Heilan' men?

Second sichted Sandy looked fu' wae.

An' mithers grat when they march'd away.

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O! wha' is foremost o' a', o' a'

O! wha' is foremost o' a', o' a'

Bonnie Charlie the King o' us a', hurrah!

Wi' his hundred pipers an' a', an ' a'

His bonnet and feathers he's waving high

His prancing steed maist seems to fly

The nor' win' plays wi' his curly hair

While the pipers play wi'an unco flare

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The Esk was swollen sae red an' 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

Dumfoun'er'd the English saw, they saw

Dumfoun'er'd they heard the blaw, the blaw

Dumfoun'er'd they a' ran awa', awa'

Frae the hundred pipers an' a', an' a'