The Scotsman
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D-DU-UDU
A SCOTSMAN CLAD IN A KILT LEFT THE BAR ONE EVENING FAIR
AND ONE COULD TELL BY HOW HE WALKED HE'D DRUNK MORE THAN HIS SHARE
HE STUMBLED ON UNTIL HE COULD NO LONGER KEEP HIS FEET
THEN HE STAGGERED OFF INTO THE GRASS TO SLEEP BESIDE THE STREET
RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, RING DI DEEDLE O DEE
HE STUMBLED OFF INTO THE GRASS TO SLEEP BESIDE THE STREET
LATER ON TWO YOUNG AND LOVELY GIRLS JUST HAPPENED BY
AND ONE SAYS TO THE OTHER WITH A TWINKLE IN HER EYE
"YOU SEE YON SLEEPING SCOTSMAN - SO STRONG AND HANDSOME BUILT
I WONDER IF IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY DON'T WEAR BENEATH THE KILT?"
RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, RING DI DEEDLE O DEE
"I WONDER IF IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY DON'T WEAR BENEATH THE KILT?"
THEY CREPT UP TO THE SLEEPING SCOTSMAN QUIET AS COULD BE
LIFTED UP HIS KILT ABOVE THE WAIST SO THEY COULD SEE
AND THERE BEHOLD FOR THEM TO VIEW BENEATH HIS SCOTTISH SKIRT
WAS NOTHING BUT WHAT GOD HAD GRACED HIM WITH UPON HIS BIRTH
RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, RING DI DEEDLE O DEE
WAS NOTHING BUT WHAT GOD HAD GRACED HIM WITH UPON HIS BIRTH
THEY MARVELED FOR A MOMENT THEN ONE SAID "WE'D BEST BE GONE,
BUT LET'S LEAVE A PRESENT FOR OUR FRIEND BEFORE WE MOVE ALONG"
SO AS A GIFT THEY LEFT A BLUE SILK RIBBON - TIED INTO A BOW
AROUND THE BONNIE STAR OF THE SCOT'S KILT-LIFTING SHOW
RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, RING DI DEEDLE O DEE
AROUND THE BONNIE STAR OF THE SCOT'S KILT-LIFTING SHOW
THE SCOTSMAN WOKE TO NATURE'S CALL AND STUMBLED TOWARD THE TREES
BEHIND A BUSH HE LIFTS HIS KILT AND HE GAWKS AT WHAT HE SEES
THEN IN A STARTLED VOICE HE SAYS TO WHAT'S BEFORE HIS EYES
"MY FRIEND, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU BEEN, BUT I SEE YOU WON FIRST PRIZE
RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, RING DI DEEDLE O DEE
"MY FRIEND, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU BEEN, BUT I SEE YOU WON FIRST PRIZE.
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Readable chord sheet for The Scotsman by Irish Rovers
A [C]SCOTSMAN CLAD IN A [F]KILT LEFT THE [G]BAR ONE EVENING [C]FAIR AND [C]ONE COULD TELL BY [F]HOW HE WALKED HE'D [C]DRUNK MORE THAN HIS [G]SHARE HE [F]STUMBLED ON UNTIL HE COULD NO [C]LONGER KEEP HIS [G]FEET THEN HE [C]STAGGERED [G]OFF IN[C]TO THE [F]GRASS TO [G]SLEEP BESIDE THE [C]STREET [F]RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, [C]RING DI DEEDLE O [G]DEE HE STUMB[C]LED OFF IN[G]TO THE[C] GRASS [F]TO SLEEP [G]BESIDE THE STREET[C] [C]LATER ON TWO YOUNG [F]AND LOVELY GIR[G]LS JUST HAPPENED[C] BY AND [C]ONE SAYS TO THE OT[F]HER WITH A TWINKLE [C]IN HER EYE [G] [F]"YOU SEE YON SLEEPING SCOTSMAN - [C]SO STRONG AND HAN[G]DSOME BUILT I WONDER[C] IF IT'S T[G]RUE WH[C]AT THEY[F] DON'T WE[G]AR BENEATH THE KI[C]LT?" [F]RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, [C]RING DI DEEDLE O [G]DEE "I WONDE[C]R IF IT'S [G]TRUE W[C]HAT THE[F]Y DON'T W[G]EAR BENEATH THE K[C]ILT?" [C]THEY CREPT UP TO TH[F]E SLEEPING SCO[G]TSMAN QUIET AS C[C]OULD BE LIFT[C]ED UP HIS KILT ABO[F]VE THE WAIST SO THE[C]Y COULD SEE [G] [F]AND THERE BEHOLD FOR THEM TO VIEW[C] BENEATH HIS SCOT[G]TISH SKIRT WAS NOTH[C]ING BUT WH[G]AT GOD[C] HAD GR[F]ACED HIM [G]WITH UPON HIS BIR[C]TH [F]RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, [C]RING DI DEEDLE O [G]DEE WAS NOTH[C]ING BUT WH[G]AT GOD[C] HAD GR[F]ACED HIM [G]WITH UPON HIS BIR[C]TH [C]THEY MARVELED FOR A[F] MOMENT THEN O[G]NE SAID "WE'D BE[C]ST BE GONE, BUT [C]LET'S LEAVE A PRES[F]ENT FOR OUR FRIEND [C]BEFORE WE MOVE ALONG[G]" [F]SO AS A GIFT THEY LEFT A BLUE SIL[C]K RIBBON - TIED I[G]NTO A BOW AROUND T[C]HE BONNIE [G]STAR O[C]F THE S[F]COT'S KIL[G]T-LIFTING SHOW [C] [F]RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, [C]RING DI DEEDLE O [G]DEE AROUND T[C]HE BONNIE [G]STAR O[C]F THE S[F]COT'S KIL[G]T-LIFTING SHOW [C] [C]THE SCOTSMAN WOKE T[F]O NATURE'S CAL[G]L AND STUMBLED T[C]OWARD THE TREES BEHI[C]ND A BUSH HE LIFTS[F] HIS KILT AND HE GA[C]WKS AT WHAT HE SEES [G] [F]THEN IN A STARTLED VOICE HE SAYS [C]TO WHAT'S BEFORE [G]HIS EYES "MY FRIE[C]ND, I DON'[G]T KNOW[C] WHERE [F]YOU BEEN,[G] BUT I SEE YOU WO[C]N FIRST PRIZE [F]RING DING DEEDLE DEEDLE DI-DE-O, [C]RING DI DEEDLE O [G]DEE "MY FRIE[C]ND, I DON'[G]T KNOW[C] WHERE [F]YOU BEEN,[G] BUT I SEE YOU WO[C]N FIRST PRIZE.