Alastair McDonald Mary Jane song lyrics

O're the hills beyond the Clyde, in the land of McLean

Lives the lass I made my bride, bonny Mary Jane

She has hair like golden mist and no other man has kissed

My sweet lass of Tobermory, bonnie Mary Jane

Oh the battle drums are beating and the bagpipes loudly ring

But above the roar of cannon I can hear her sing

Through the clinging mud and rain

Heedless of the cold and pain

I will live or die for you, my bonnie Mary Jane

Up and onward o'er the slope, comrades lie around me slain

But my heart is full of hope for my Mary Jane

I would fight a thousand men aye and fight them all again

Not for country, not for king but for my Mary Jane

There is burning all around me and the sky is all aflame

But when guns begin to rattle, I just hear her name

Though the powder burns my eyes

If I fall I'll surely rise

And come back again to Scotland and my Mary Jane

Now the battle field is still, just the splash of falling rain

There's a red mist o'er my eyes, bonnie Mary Jane

And as night begins to fall

I can't walk but I can crawl

And I'm coming back to you, my bonnie Mary Jame

And I'll see you in the summer when the gowans are in bloom

And we'll walk the hills together through the bonnie broom

Where the burn sings to the glen

I will kiss you once again

When I'm back with you in Scotland bonnie Mary Jane