(Bonnie Little Mary of Argyle)
a 1922 popular song.
“The Keel Row” is a traditional Tyneside folk song.
Words and music by Reginald A. A. Stoneham.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Oh! dearie me, I’m just as happy
As the birds in spring
Oh! dearie me, I feel so good
I want to dance and sing
Oh! dearie me, I’ve been so sad and lonely
Ever since he went away
But I’m feeling better for I’ve had a letter
Saying he’ll be home today
Chorus
There’s a Highland laddie coming over the sea
There’s a Highland laddie coming over to me
So I’m laughing and dancing and singing
While the bells in the Kirk they are singing
There’s a sprig of heather hanging over the door
And the pipers will be playing all the while
So we’ll rag-o “The Keel Row”, for Sandy’s coming home
To his bonnie little Mary of Argyle
- Sandy McKie
My bonnie Highland laddie, I’ve been true
Sandie McKie
I’ve never seen a laddie just like you
Down in the glen, I’ve got a band of pipers
Laddies and lassies to sing
And amid the heather we will dance together
In a real old highland fling
Sung here by Fred Feild: