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O'ER THE WATER TO CHARLIE
Chorus
We'll o'er the water, we'll o'er the sea,We'll o'er the water to Charlie!
Come weal, come woe, we'll gather and go,
And live and die wi' Charlie!
I
Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er,Come boat me o'er to Charlie!
I'll gie John Ross another bawbee
To boat me o'er to Charlie.
II
I lo'e weel my Charlie's name,Tho' some there be abhor him;
But O, to see Auld Nick gaun hame,
And Charlie's faes before him!
III
I swear and vow by moon and starsAnd sun that shines so early,
If I had twenty thousand lives,
I'd die as aft for Charlie!
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Chorus
We'll o'er the water, we'll o'er the sea,We'll o'er the water to Charlie!
Come weal, come woe, we'll gather and go,
And live and die wi' Charlie!
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