Hi Mudcatters,

Please can you help me with the lyrics to the song "Cock o' the North" as sung by Andy Stewart?

I found lyrics on one site only and while they were mostly correct, there were a number of errors.
I have attempted to correct these, but am not sure if I have them right, so would appreciate it if someone could check the lyrics I have please.


Cock O’ The North (The)

Ah, as I gaed doon, by Glasgow Toon a lad I chance to see.
He wore a feather in his cap, and tartan on his knee.
A lassie walked there by his side and as the men gaed by,
The lassie looked at everyone and then I heard her cry.
      
Oh gie to me the lad you'll see from Russia to the Forth,
The piping lilt the swing of the kilt, and that's the Cock O' the North.

Now you'll see him down in London Town, you'll know him by his eyes.
They're proud and free and blue to see, as any highland skies.
As he swings along he sings a song that tells you where he's from.
To Scotland's Isles and bens and kyles he surely must belong.

Sae gie to me the lad you'll see From Russia to the Forth,
The marching lilt the swing of the kilt, and that's the Cock O' the North.

There's your Irish Dan begorrah, and your English man, your Dubbie bach from Wales
Your Spanish Joe, and your Frenchie beau, and other kinds of males
The lads they say from USA are very hard to beat,
And way down under you would wonder of the men you'll meet.

But gie to me the lad you'll see From Russia to the Forth,
The marching lilt the swing of the kilt, and that's the Cock O' the North.

Oh, the lads who come from Inverness, from Perthshire or Kintyre,
Will meet a lass and soon we'll ha’e her bonnie heart on fire.
She'll loo the lad, she'll want him bad she even join his clan
She kens nae other lad could love her like a Highland man.

Sae gie to me the lad you'll see From Russia to the Forth,
The marching lilt the swing of the kilt, and that's the Cock O' the North.
The handy sandy fine and dandy lad, The Cock O' the North, hee, the Cock O' the North.