Silly Wizard The Loch Tay Boat Song Lyrics

When I've done the work o day,
And I row my boat away,
Down the waters o Loch Tay,
When the evening light is fallin',
And I look towards Ben Lawers,
Where the after glory glow,
And I dream on two Bright eyes,
With a merry mouth below,
She's my beauteous nighean ruadh,(red haired girl)
She's my joy and sorrow too,
Though I own she is not true
Ah but I cannot live without her,
For my hearts a boat in tow,
And I'd give the world to know,
If she means to let me go,
As I sing hee-re, ho-ro

Nighean ruadh your lovely hair,
Has more beauty I declare,
Than all the trasses fair,
From Killin and Aberfeldy,
Be they lint white, gold or brown,
Be they blacker than the sloe,
They mean not as much to me,
As a melting flake of snow,
And her dance is like the gleam,
O' the sunlight on the stream,
And the songs the wee folks sing,
Oh, they're the songs she sings at milking,
But my heart is full of woe,
For last night she bade me go,
And the tears begin to flow,
As I sing Hee-ree, Ho-ro

When I've done the work o day,
And I row my boat away,
Down the waters o Loch Tay,
When the evening light is fallin',
And I look towards Ben lawrs,
Where the after glory glow,
And I dream on two Bright eyes,
With a merry mouth below,
She's my beauteous nigh-ean ruadh,
She's my joy and sorrow too,
Though I own she is not true
Ah but I cannot live without her,
For my hearts a boat in tow,
And Id' give the world to know,
If she means to let me go,
As I sing hee-re, ho-ro

Loch Tay is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland,
in the district of Perthshire. Ben Lawers on its north shore
is the 10th highest mountain in Britain.