Just A Wee Deoch-an-Doris
Words and music by Harry Lauder,
Whit Cunliffe, Gerald Grafton
submitted by Betty Lauder Hamilton

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verse 1
There's a good old Scottish custom, that has stood the test of time,
It's a custon that is carried out in ev'ry land and clime.
Where brother Scots fore-gather, it's aye the usual thing.
When just before they say guid-nicht, they fill their cups and sing-

Chorus
Just a wee deoch-an-doris, just a wee yin that's a'
Just a wee deoch-an-doris before we gang a-wa'
There's a wee wifie waitin', in a wee but an ben
If you can say, "It's a braw  bricht moonlicht nicht" ye a'richt ye ken

verse 2
I like a man that is a man, a man that's straight and fair,
The sort of man that will and can, in all things do his share
I like a man, a jolly man, the sort o' man you know,
The chap that slaps your  back and says "Here Jock, before you go-

 chorus

verse 3
I'll invite you all some other nicht, to come and bring your wives.
I'll promise you the grandest time you'll have in all your lives!
I'll hae the bagpipes skirling, (hoch) and we'll dance the Hieland fling.
And just for auld acquaintance sake, we'll a' unite and sing-

 chorus repeat
 

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