They maun be clever, for ye ken

There’s nought tae tell the chiefs, man:

I’m jist like a’ the ither men

That hail frae Galashiels, man.

But oh! I’m fain tae see again

The bonny hills an’ heather!

Twa days, and ne’er a drap o’ rain—

Sic awfu, drouthy weather!

But eh! I doubt the Gala boys

Will laugh when hame I gang, man,