ah well we joined a grand procession
ta marched before the Queen
Ten Thousand black faced warriors
a sight she had never seen
She thought we were the zulus from the land beyond the Nile
Until she heard us singing' Bonnie Mary O' Argyll

An we were all Scotsmen every wan a us Scotsman
Buffalo Bill fae Maryhill
He never worked and never will
Aye man believe it if ye can
sons of the heather gathered together Scotsmen every wan