Standard (EADGBE)
A SCOTSMAN CLAD IN A KILT LEFT THE BAR ONE EVENING FAIR
AND ONE COULD TELL BY HOW HE WALKED HE'D DRUNK MORE THAN HIS SHARE
HE STUMBLED ON UNTIL HE COULD NO LONGER KEEP HIS FEET
THEN HE STAGGERED OFF INTO THE GRASS TO SLEEP BESIDE THE STREET
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HE STUMBLED OFF INTO THE GRASS TO SLEEP BESIDE THE STREET
LATER ON TWO YOUNG AND LOVELY GIRLS JUST HAPPENED BY
AND ONE SAYS TO THE OTHER WITH A TWINKLE IN HER EYE
"YOU SEE YON SLEEPING SCOTSMAN - SO STRONG AND HANDSOME BUILT
I WONDER IF IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY DON'T WEAR BENEATH THE KILT?"
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"I WONDER IF IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY DON'T WEAR BENEATH THE KILT?"
THEY CREPT UP TO THE SLEEPING SCOTSMAN QUIET AS COULD BE
LIFTED UP HIS KILT ABOVE THE WAIST SO THEY COULD SEE
AND THERE BEHOLD FOR THEM TO VIEW BENEATH HIS SCOTTISH SKIRT
WAS NOTHING BUT WHAT GOD HAD GRACED HIM WITH UPON HIS BIRTH
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WAS NOTHING BUT WHAT GOD HAD GRACED HIM WITH UPON HIS BIRTH
THEY MARVELED FOR A MOMENT THEN ONE SAID "WE'D BEST BE GONE,
BUT LET'S LEAVE A PRESENT FOR OUR FRIEND BEFORE WE MOVE ALONG"
SO AS A GIFT THEY LEFT A BLUE SILK RIBBON - TIED INTO A BOW
AROUND THE BONNIE STAR OF THE SCOT'S KILT-LIFTING SHOW
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AROUND THE BONNIE STAR OF THE SCOT'S KILT-LIFTING SHOW
THE SCOTSMAN WOKE TO NATURE'S CALL AND STUMBLED TOWARD THE TREES
BEHIND A BUSH HE LIFTS HIS KILT AND HE GAWKS AT WHAT HE SEES
THEN IN A STARTLED VOICE HE SAYS TO WHAT'S BEFORE HIS EYES
"MY FRIEND, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU BEEN, BUT I SEE YOU WON FIRST PRIZE
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"MY FRIEND, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU BEEN, BUT I SEE YOU WON FIRST PRIZE.