From Forfar the Dean Water drains the Vale of Strathmore Doon the lazy loopin' Isla to the Tay by Meiklour Now the Isla's early roamin' is in Highland no' in Lowland Where the Ardle and Shee twine in Ericht's company For the Lochs o' the Tay Are the jewels in the crown of a Scone coronation And the streams o' the Shire Lock the county that's dearest tae me Now the Garry disnae tarry in a melt-swollen spring With the) Bruar, Tilt and Erochty leachin' Atholl's high grun' From the moors o' lonely Rannoch trickles peat fae many dark loch Through the Tummel's cleft braes by the Northern Highways For the Lochs o' the Tay Are the jewels in the crown of a Scone coronation And the streams o' the Shire Lock the county that's dearest tae me Doon the Dochart and the Lochy, spillin' doon tae Loch Tay Killin' tae Kenmore tae Aberfeldy, just a raft race away Up the pools o' high Breadalbane, slip the sleek Lyon salmon As they funnel their way atween Schiehallion and Tay For the Lochs o' the Tay Are the jewels in the crown of a Scone coronation And the streams o' the Shire Lock the county that's dearest tae me As the Bran pours by Loch Freuchie, doon the braes tae Dunkeld So the Almond hurries Sconeward, aye the Tay's eldest child But the Earn will run her own way, giving way to Tay only Ere she flows tae the tide, wi the Farg on her side For the Lochs o' the Tay Are the jewels in the crown of a Scone coronation And the streams o' the Shire Lock the county that's dearest tae me For the Lochs o' the Tay Are the jewels in the crown of a Scone coronation And the streams o' the Shire Lock the county that's dearest tae me