[Intro]


[Verse]
              
As I come in t

   
he Overgate
            
I met a bonnie

 
 lass
              
She winked at 

          
me wi' the tai

l o' her e'e
            
As I went rovi

    
n' past

[Chorus]
            
Wae my toorin 

   
a, lilt-fa-lad

die
          
Lilt fa laddie

  
, toorin aye
            
With my rovin'

     
 eye folla did

dle aye
          
My rovin' eye 

      
dum a derry o'

[Verse]
              
I asked her if

       
 she'd come wa

e me
            
An' drink a we

      
e bit wine
             
And as we walk

    
ed along the r

oad
            
She put her ha

       
und in mine

[Chorus]
            
Wae my toorin 

   
a, lilt-fa-lad

die
          
Lilt fa laddie

  
, toorin aye
            
With my rovin'

     
 eye folla did

dle aye
          
My rovin' eye 

      
dum a derry o'

[Verse]
              
Well she took 

           
me tae her sit

tin' room
            
A wee bit doon

     
 the burn
              
It's true what

       
 Robbie Burns 

did say
            
“A man was mad

      
e tae mourn”

[Chorus]
            
Wae my toorin 

   
a, lilt-fa-lad

die
          
Lilt fa laddie

  
, toorin aye
            
Wae my rovin' 

    
eye folla didd

le aye
          
My rovin' eye 

      
dum a derry o'
            
Wae my rovin' 

    
eye folla didd

le aye
          
My rovin' eye 

      
dum a derry o'

[Verse]
              
Well in then c

       
am her hubby-m

an
            
Wha hit me oan

     
 the heid
             
And then he ra

     
n me doon the 

stair
             
And I thocht I

         
'd end up died

[Chorus]
            
Wae my toorin 

   
a, lilt-fa-lad

die
          
Lilt fa laddie

  
, toorin aye
            
Wae my rovin' 

    
eye folla didd

le aye
          
My rovin' eye 

      
dum a derry o'
            
Wae my rovin' 

    
eye folla didd

le aye
          
My rovin' eye 

      
dum a derry o'

[Verse]
              
Well, I lost m

   
ay tartan kilt
            
My watch chain

        
 and my purse
              
Says she “I've

        
 lost my ain g

id man and
            
Ye must admit 

       
that's worse”

[Chorus]
            
Wae my toorin 

   
a, lilt-fa-lad

die
          
Lilt fa laddie

  
, toorin aye
            
Wae my rovin' 

    
eye folla didd

le aye
          
My rovin' eye 

      
dum a derry o'
            
Wae my rovin' 

    
eye folla didd

le aye
          
My rovin' eye 

      
dum a derry o'