Cam’ tumblin’ down like Jacks and Gills,

And pounced upon our whisky stills.

Fal, lal, &c.

My faither he was off like a shot,

And said the stills might go to pot;

While I alone withstood the shock,

And tumbled the gaugers o’er a rock,

And made their heads play nick-ety-knock.

Fal, lal, &c.

Full fifty fathoms they fell, I think,