Was you ever in Quebec? Bonny laddie, Hieland laddie

Stowing timber on the deck, me bonny Hieland laddie-o

Was you ever in Callao?…

Where the girls are never slow…

Was you ever in Mobile Bay?

Loading cotton by the day

Was you on the Brummalow?

Where Yankee boys are all the go

Was you ever in Dundee?

There some pretty ships you’ll see

Was you ever in Merrimashee?

Where you make fast to a tree

Was you ever in Aberdeen?

Prettiest girls you’ve ever seen

Was you ever in Providence?

Where it all seems to make sense