A' The Blue Bonnets (Are Over The Border)

This is from an old recording of "The Corries" that I have got to learn!

Do you see the size of that bodhran?!




lyrics to, "A' the Blue Bonnets"

Chorus:
Mairch! Mairch! Ettrick and Tevot-dale,
Why my lads dinna ye march forward in order
Mairch! Mairch! Eskdale and Liddesdale!
A’ the blue bonnets are over the border!

Monys a banner spread,
Flutters above yer head,
Monys a crest that is famous in story,
Mount and make ready then,
Sons o’ the mountain glen,
Fight for the King and the old Scottish glory!

Chorus

Cam frae the hills where the hirsels are grazing,
Cam frae the glen o' the buck and the roe;
Cam tae the crag where the beacon is blazing;
Cam wi' the buckler, the lance, and the bow!

Chorus

Trumpets are soundin',
War steeds are boundin'.
Stand tae yer airms and mairch in guid order!
England shall manys a day,
Speak o' the bloody fray,
When the blue bonnets cam over the border!

Chorus x2