With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan,
The shining diamonds were pale and wan,
And the birk and the broom blooms bonnie.
He hoisted sails, and hame cam’ he,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
Hame unto his ain countrie,
And the birk and the broom blooms bonnie.
He’s left the sea and he’s come to land,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
And the first he met was an auld beggar-man,