My Johnny Lad The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

I bought a wife in Edinburgh
For a bawbie
And then I got a farthing back
To buy terbaccer wi'

And wi' you, and wi' you, and wi' you, my Johnny lad
I'll dance the buckles off my shoes wi' you my Johnny lad
As I was walkin' Sunday, 'twas there I saw the Queen
A-playln' at the football wi' the lads on Glasgow green

The captain 'o the other slde was scorin' wi' great style
The queen, she called a policeman, and had him thrown in jail
Samson was a mlghty man, and he fought wi' the cuddy's jaw
He fought a thousand battles wearlng crlmson flannel drawers

Napoleon was an emperor, and he ruled on land and sea
He ruled all France and Germany, but he didn't rule Jock McGhee
Now Johnny Is a bonny lad, he is a lad of mine
I've never had a better lad and I've had twenty-nine