Jim Stafford - The Scotsman Chords & Tabs

The Scotsman- Byran Bowers

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Well a Scotsman clad in kilt left the bar one evening fair
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And one could tell by how he walked that he'd drunk more than his share
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He fumbled round until he could no longer keep his feet
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And he stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street

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Ring ding diddlediddle ay de o, ring di diddly ay o
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And he stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street

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About that time two young and lovely girls just happened by
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One said to the other with a twinkle in her eye
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See yon sleeping Scotsman
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So strong and handsome built
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I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt

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Ring ding diddlediddle ay de o, ring di diddly ay o
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I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt

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They crept up on that sleeping Scotsman
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Quiet as could be
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And lifted up his Kilt an inch so they could see
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And there behold for them to view beneath his Scottish skirt
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Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth




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Ring ding diddlediddle ay de o, ring di diddly ay o
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Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth

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They marveled for a moment
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Then one said we must be gone
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Let's leave a present for our friend before we move along
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As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon tied into a bow
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Around the bonnie star the Scotsman's kilt did lift and show

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Ring ding diddlediddle ay de o, ring di diddly ay o
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Around the bonnie star the Scotsman's kilt did lift and show

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Now the Scotsman woke to natures call
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And stumbled toward a tree
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Behind the bush he lifts his kilt
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And gawks at what he sees
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And in a startled voice he says
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To what's before his eyes
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Ach, lad I don't no where ya've been but I see ya won first prize