C: Words by Lady Carolina Nairne (1766-1845) W: Wi' a hundred pipers an a', an a' W: Wi' a hundred pipers an a', an a' W: We'll up and gi'e them a blaw, a blaw, W: Wi' a hundred pipers an a', an' W: W: O it's owre the Border awa', awa' W: It's owre the Border awa', awa' W: We'll on and we'll march to Carlisle ha' W: Wi' its yetts, its castle an a', an a' W: W: Oh our sodger lads look'd braw, look'd braw W: Wi their tartan kilts an a', an a' W: Wi bonnets, feathers and glittering gear W: An' pibrochs sounding loud and clear W: Will they a' return to their ain dear glen W: Will they a' return, our highland men? W: Second sicheted Sandy look'd fu' wae W: An' mothers grat when they marched awa' W: W: The Esk was swollen sae red, sae deep W: But soulder by shoulder the brave lads keep W: Taw' thousand swam to fell English ground W: An' danced them dry to teh pibroch's sounmd W: Dumfounder'd the English saw, they saw W: Dumfounder'd they heard the blaw, the blaw W: Dumfounder'd they a' ran awa', awa' W: Frae the hundered pipers an a', an a' W: W: Wi' a hundred....