A CLYDE SEAMAN'S CHANTEY 



' I '11 thraw ye oot nae rape, nor pu' ye up aboard, 



Heigh diddledee for the Lawlands law ! 

 I '11 ne'er prove to you as gude as my word, 



As we sail for the Lawlands law.' 



' Gin ye thraw me not a rape and pu' me up aboard, 



Heigh diddledee for the Lawlands law ! 

 I'll sink ye as I sank the French gallee, 



As she sailed for the Lawlands law.' 



They hae thrawn him oot a rape and pu'd him up ;ibo;ird, 



Heigh diddledee for the Lawlands law, 

 And they proved unto him far better nor their word, 



As they sailed for the Lawlands law. 



