Just a Wee Deoch and Doris

Transcript

Well, how are you getting along, boys, eh? Of course, the way I tell you this, it's the general rule sometimes, where there are one or two or three or four or more Scots gathered together, we, before we part, we have a wee There's a good old Scottish custom that has stood the test of time It's a custom that's been carried out in every land and clime Where brothers Scots together, it's ay the usual thing Just before we say good night,

we fill our cups and sing Just a wee joke, Honduras, just a wee drop, that's all Just a wee joke, Honduras, before we're gonna war There's a wee wifey waiting, in a wee buttoned bane If you can say it's a broad-bricht, moon-licht nest, well, you're all right, you can Just a wee joke, Honduras, just a wee drop, that's all Just a wee joke, Honduras, before we're gonna war There's a wee wifey waiting, in a wee buttoned bane If you can say it's a broad-bricht,

moon-licht nest, well, you're all right, you can I like a man that is a man, a man that's straight and fair A sort of man that will and can, in all things do he share I like a man, a jolly man, the sort of man, you know The chap that slaps your back and says, man, jock, before we go Just a wee joke, Honduras, just a wee drop, that's all Just a wee joke, Honduras, before we're gonna war There's a wee wifey waiting,

in a wee buttoned bane If you can say it's a broad-bricht, moon-licht nest, well, you're all right, you can Just a wee joke, Honduras, just a wee drop, that's all Just a wee joke, Honduras, before we're gonna war There's a wee wifey waiting, in a wee buttoned bane If you can say it's a broad-bricht, moon-licht nest, well, you're all right, you can I'll invite you some other night, with your sweethearts and your wives And I'll guarantee we'll have the grandest time in all our lives We'll have the bagpipes caroling,

we'll make the rafters ring And just for the sake of old Lang Syne, we'll fill our cups and sing Just a wee joke, Honduras, just a wee drop, that's all Just a wee joke, Honduras, before we're gonna war There's a wee wifey waiting, in a wee buttoned bane If you can say it's a broad-bricht, moon-licht nest, well, you're all right, you can

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