Where have you been all the day,
bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Saw ye him(1) that’s far away,
bonnie laddie, highland laddie
On his head a bonnet blue,
Tartan plaid and highland trews.
I ha’e been at Crookieden(2),
Watching Wullie(3) and his men,
There our foes that burnt and slew,
There at last they got their due,
Satan sits in yon black neuk,
Breaking sticks tae roast the duke,
The bluidie monster gied a yell,
Loud the lach gaed roon’ a’ Hell,
Geordie sits in Cherlie’s chair,
Had I my wish he’d no’ sit there,
Ne’er reflect on sorrows past,
Cherlie will be king at last,
bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Saw ye him(1) that’s far away,
bonnie laddie, highland laddie
On his head a bonnet blue,
Tartan plaid and highland trews.
I ha’e been at Crookieden(2),
Watching Wullie(3) and his men,
There our foes that burnt and slew,
There at last they got their due,
Satan sits in yon black neuk,
Breaking sticks tae roast the duke,
The bluidie monster gied a yell,
Loud the lach gaed roon’ a’ Hell,
Geordie sits in Cherlie’s chair,
Had I my wish he’d no’ sit there,
Ne’er reflect on sorrows past,
Cherlie will be king at last,
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1) il “Bel Carletto” il pretendente al trono di Scozia che, giovane e prestante nel suo abito tradizionale scozzese, riuscì ad esercitare un grande fascino sugli Highlanders!
2) “Crooked den”= Hell
3) Guglielmo Duca di Cumberland (1721-1765) il macellaio di Culloden è descritto come un mostro sanguinario che subisce la giusta punizione all’inferno
4) letteralmente”forte il riso correva per l’Inferno”