Key: G
Introduction:
G D G C G D
The boat lies South of Ailsa Craig in the waning of the light,
C D G C G C G
There's thirty men in Lendalfit to make our burdens light,
D G C G D
And there's thirty horse at Hazelholm, with the halters on their heids,
C D G C G C G
All set this night upon yon height, if wind and water speeds.
Em G
Smugglers drink of the Frenchman's wine,
Em G D
And the darkest night is the smuggler's time.
C G Em
Away we run from the excise man,
G C G D G
It's a smuggler's life for me, it's a smuggler's life for me.
Oh, lass ye hae a cosy bed and cattle ye have ten,