Текст песни: Caledonia + перевод

A sailor and his true love sat doon to mak' their moan

When by cam' ane o' their ain countrymen

Sayin', Rise up my bonnie lassie, mak' haste and come awa'

There’s a vessel lyin' bound for Caledonia

Well, said the sailor, Are ye willing for to pay

Five hundred guineas before on board ye gae

I’ll pay them plack and farthing, before on board I go

If you’ll tak' me tae my bonnie Caledonia

Well, said the sailor, Her money we will tak'

And when we’re on sea, we will throw her over deck

Or sell her for a slave, lang or e’er she win awa'

And she’ll never see her bonnie Caledonia

Well, said the captain, That’ll never do

For there are no slaves sold intil oor country noo

They would hang us ane and a', they would hang us every man

If we sold her for a slave in Caledonia

Well, said the sailor, She’s lyin' doon below

She’s bound hand and foot ready overboard to throw

She’s bound hand and foot ready overboard to throw

And she’ll never see her bonnie Caledonia

So the captain away to the fair maid has gane

Sayin', What is the reason that ye lie here so lang

And what is the reason that you’re lying here at all

For ye’ve paid your passage dear to Caledonia

Oh, says the lassie, Oh woe is me

That ever I was born sic hardships for to see

For the sailor’s got a lassie he likes better far than me

And it causes me to weep for Caledonia

So the captain away to the sailor has gane

He’s ta’en him by the neck and him overboard has thrown

Saying, Tak' this cup o' water, though the liquor be but sma'

And drink your lassie’s health tae Caledonia

And they’ve sailed east, and they’ve sailed west

Until they reached the land that they all loved the best

For the waves they did roar and the seas they did beat

And they’ve all arrived safe to Caledonia

And they hadnae been there but threequarters o' a year

When fine silks and satins he’s made her for to wear

When in fine silks and satins he’s made her for to go

Now she’s the captain’s wife in Caledonia

Now she’s the captain’s wife in Caledonia

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