We'll heave another day
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
We're heaving another day
My bonnie highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
My bonnie highland laddie
I did not see ye doon the glen
Bonnie laddie! Hieland laddie!
I did not see ye near the burn
My bonnie highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
My bonnie highland laddie
Shipped to the north on a Dundee whaler
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Shipped to the north as a whaling sailor
My bonnie highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
My bonnie highland laddie
Bound away for Iceland cold
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Found much ice but ney much gold
My bonnie highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
My bonnie highland laddie
Greenland is a cold country
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Not the place for you and me
My bonnie highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
My bonnie highland laddie
Caught some whales and boiled their blubber
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Oil an' fat chocked every scupper
My bonnie highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
My bonnie highland laddie
I'll be glad when I get hame
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
I'll give up this whalin' game
My bonnie highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
Bonnie laddie, highland laddie
Way hey and away we'll go
My bonnie highland laddie