When i've done my work o' day
 And i row my boat away
 Doon the waters of loch tay
 As the evening sun is failing
 And i look in to ben lawers
 Where the after glory glows
 And i dream of two bright eyes
 Wi' the merry mouth below
 
 She's my beauteous nighean ruadh
 She's my joy and sorrow too
 But i fear she is not true
 And i cannot live without her
 But my heart's a boat in tow
 For i'd give the world to know
 If she means to let me go
 As i sing horee horo
 
 Nighean ruadh your lovely hair
 Has more beauty i declare
 Than all the tresses fair
 From killing tae aberfeldy
 Be they milk white grey or brown
 Be they blacker than the sloe
 They are no more use to me
 As the melting flakes of snow
 
 Oh your smile is like the gleam
 Of the sunlight on the stream
 Like the fairy songs they sing
 Are the songs you sing at milking
 But my heart is full of woe
 For last night she bade me go
 Now me tears will only flow
 As i sing horee horo