| lyric | 1. There were herrin' heads an' bits o' bread,
Herrin’ heads an’ haddies,
O, Herrin’ heads an’ bits o’ bread,
To carry to the weddin’ O!
Ref.: Drummer adoo adoo aday,
Drummer adoo adaddin, O!
Drummer adoo adoo aday,
Hurrah for the tinkers’ weddin’, O!
2.They tramp it o’er the Biallach way,
Biallach way, Biallach way,-
Tramp it o’er the Biallach way,
And bracken was their beddin’ O!
3. We never dwell in but-an’—ben,
But-an’-ben, but-an’-ben;
We never dwell in but-an’-ben,
We camp where the trees are spreadin’ O!
4. We tightened up the tent, a wee,
Tightened up, tightened up,
Tightened up the tent, a wee,
We’d bracken for our beddin’ O! |