Intro = C Bb C G C
Verse 1
C F
One Hogmany at Glesca Fair
C Bb
There was me mysel' and sev'ral mair
C F
We a' went off to hae a tear
G C
And spend the night in Rothesay O
C Bb F G
We wandered thro' the broom-i-law
G Bb
Thro' wind and rain and sleet and snow
C F
And forty minutes after twa
G C
We got the length o' Rothesay O
Chorus
C F
A dirrum a doo a dum a day
C Bb
A dirrum a doo my daddy O
C F
A dirrum a doo a dum a day
G C C
The day we went to Rothesay O
Verse 2
C F
A sodger lad named Rutherglen Will
C Bb
Wha's regiment's lyin' at Barn Hill
C F
Went off wi' a tanner to get a Jill
C
In a public hoose in Rothesay O
C Bb F G
Said he by Christ I'd like to sing
G Bb
Said I ye'll no' dae sic a thing
C F
He said clear the room and I'll mak' a ring
G C
And I'll fecht them all in Rothesay O
Chorus
C F
A dirrum a doo a dum a day
C Bb
A dirrum a doo my daddy O
C F
A dirrum a doo a dum a day
G C
The day we went to Rothesay O
Music over
C Bb C G C C Bb C G C
Verse 3
C F
I' search of lodgins we did slide
C Bb
To find a place where we could bide
C F
There was eichty-twa o'us inside
G C
In a single room in Rothesay O
C Bb F G
We a'lay doon to tak' our ease
G Bb
When somebody happened for to sneeze
C F
And he wakened half a million fleas
G C
In that single room in Rothesay O
Chorus
C F
A dirrum a doo a dum a day
C Bb
A dirrum a doo my daddy O
C F
A dirrum a doo a dum a day
G C C
The day we went to Rothesay O
Verse 4
C F
There were several different kinds of bugs
C Bb
Some had feet like dyers' clogs
C F
And they sat on the bed and they cockit their lugs
G C
And cried hurrah for Rothesay O
C Bb F G
I said I think we should elope
G Bb
So we went and joined the Band O' Hope
C F
But the polis wouldna let us stop
G C
Another nicht in Rothesay O
Chorus
C F
A dirrum a doo a dum a day
C Bb
A dirrum a doo my daddy O
C F
A dirrum a doo a dum a day
G C C
The day we went to Rothesay O