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Updated 05/24/2013

 


We're No' Awa' Tae Bide Awa
 (Johnnie Scobbie)

We're No' Awa' Tae Bide Awa (Johnny Scobie).  Originally a drinking song, this is the archetypal "farewell" song, played by pipers on the quayside when many a ship has left port.


Lyrics

Chorus:
For we're no' awa' tae bide awa',
   For we're no' awa tae le'e ye,
For we're no' awa' tae bide awa',
   We'll aye come back an' see ye.

As I gaed doon by Wilsontoon
   I met auld Johnnie Scobbie,
Says I to him will ye hae a hauf,
   Says he, "Man! That's my hobby."

Chorus:

So we had a hauf an' anither hauf,
   And then we had anither,
When he got fou' he shouted "Hoo!
   It's Carnwath Mill for ever."

Chorus: 		We wandered doon the street again
   We cleekit unco cheery,
When John got hame his wife cried shame,
   I see you're enjoyin' your hobby.

Chorus:

Of a' the friens that ere I kenned,
   There's nane like Johnnie Scobbie,
His hert is leal, he's true as steel,
   An' a hauf is aye his hobby.

Chorus:

So whenever friendly friens may meet,
   Wherever Scots foregather,
We'll raise our gless, we'll shout Hurroo,
   It's Carnwath Mill for ever.

Chorus: