Caledonia

A sailor and his true love sat doon to mak' their moan
 When by cam' ane o' their ain countrymen
 Sayin', Rise up my bonnie lassie, mak' haste and come awa'
 There's a vessel lyin' bound for Caledonia
 Well, said the sailor, Are ye willing for to pay
 Five hundred guineas before on board ye gae
 I'll pay them plack and farthing, before on board I go
 If you'll tak' me tae my bonnie Caledonia
 Well, said the sailor, Her money we will tak'
 And when we're on sea, we will throw her over deck
 Or sell her for a slave, lang or e'er she win awa'
 And she'll never see her bonnie Caledonia
 Well, said the captain, That'll never do
 For there are no slaves sold intil oor country noo
 They would hang us ane and a', they would hang us every man
 If we sold her for a slave in Caledonia
 Well, said the sailor, She's lyin' doon below
 She's bound hand and foot ready overboard to throw
 She's bound hand and foot ready overboard to throw
 And she'll never see her bonnie Caledonia
 So the captain away to the fair maid has gane
 Sayin', What is the reason that ye lie here so lang
 And what is the reason that you're lying here at all
 For ye've paid your passage dear to Caledonia
 Oh, says the lassie, Oh woe is me
 That ever I was born sic hardships for to see
 For the sailor's got a lassie he likes better far than me
 And it causes me to weep for Caledonia
 So the captain away to the sailor has gane
 He's ta'en him by the neck and him overboard has thrown
 Saying, Tak' this cup o' water, though the liquor be but sma'
 And drink your lassie's health tae Caledonia
 And they've sailed east, and they've sailed west
 Until they reached the land that they all loved the best
 For the waves they did roar and the seas they did beat
 And they've all arrived safe to Caledonia
 And they hadnae been there but threequarters o' a year
 When fine silks and satins he's made her for to wear
 When in fine silks and satins he's made her for to go
 Now she's the captain's wife in Caledonia
 Now she's the captain's wife in Caledonia