THE CAMERONIANS
As sung by Kenneth McKellar on "The Early McKellar, Vol. 2"[a] Have ye seen the Cameronians?
They're the boys who are the bonny yins
Liltin' laughin' Cameronians,
Bravest o' them a'.
Come and cheer the Cameronians:
Better lads by far than ony' yins, --- (yins is colloquial for ones)
Lichtsome, laughin' Cameronians—
None there are sae braw.
From the days of Killiecrankie,
Finer ... and fair and swanky.
Lassies fall wherever they go.
Far-off lands or Lesmahagow --- (a village in Lanarkshire - Lanarkshire was the regiment's home county)
Have ye seen the Cameronians?
Liltin' laughin' Cameronians,
Best and bright and braw and bony yins,
Bravest o' them a'.
[b] From the hills of Lanark and the fields along the Clyde
Come a band of soldier boys who fill the heart with pride:
Hamilton and Wishaw, Bothwell and the rest,
Meet the laughing laddies that the lassies love the best.
REPEAT [a].
Liltin' laughin' Cameronians,
Bravest brawest Cameronians,
I love them best of a'.
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