A Scottish Boy's Lament

Father is nae coming home today,

I dinnae ken when he'll return

For he's gang tae fight the English wi' Bruce at Bannockburn.

My father has been gang for a week,

He's been gang for far too long.

Those who returned hae been the weak, but I ken that my father is strong.

My father is nae coming home today,

Now I ken he'll ne'er return

For my father went tae fight the English wi' Bruce at Bannockburn.