Chorus:

Wi’ ma ring dang dae, ma ring dang dae
Wi ma ring dang dookie tae ma dandie o

O the cairt is here tae lift the squad that’s workin’ at Kinross
the digger it’s gaen in the field an’ time is hard tae loss

Noo ye’ve heard o’ Eppie Townsley, she’s working at Gateside
I advise ye no’ tae work tae them, she’s waitin’ tae be peyed

Airchie Somerville he fund a pram, it had a bauchlie wheel
by the time that we were feenished he had scarcely filled a creel

Some o’ us ha’e caravans, and some o’ us ha’e nane
for them that spent it a’ on drink ha’e pished it doon the drain

Noo the tattie time has come and gaen, we’ve scattered far and wide
some o’ us gang tae the North and some tae Glesca side

Noo if ye want the author and composer o’ this song
ye’ll fund him on a herrin’ boat – aff the pier o’ Foggyloan

And if ye want anither verse compose it for yersel’
for I’m no’ affa guid at it – as ye can easy tell

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