In this generation where everyone just wants
To talk about science and technology,
I still love to sit in a corner of my home
And turn the pages of literature. ...
1 It was a' for our rightful king
2 That we left fair Scotland's strand;
3 It was a' for our rightful king
4 We e'er saw Irish land,
5 My dear,
6 We e'er saw Irish land.