Johnny Lad lyrics

Ah bought a wife in Edinburry fur a baw bee

And then I got a penny back tae buy tabaccy wi'

And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad

Now Samson was a michty man and he fed on fish and chips

He bauchled round the Gallowgate just pickin' up the dips

And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad

Now Solomon and David led very wicked lives

Winchin' every evening wi' other peoples wives

And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad

Every Catholic has our sympathy

They're really feeling ill

How can you love your neighbour

When the pope has banned the pill?

And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad

The Duke was in the parlour eating bread and honey

The Queen was in the treasury fiddling Scotland's money

And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad

Now Johnny was a bonnie lad until they took him in

He had his operation and now they call him Mary!

And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad

• Artist:The Corries