Ah wus born in Glesgae Toon a rough and tumbely toon
They fairly pit the whiskey doon in rough and tumbely toon
Ma granny she slept in the Wa in rough and tumbely toon
Her tattooed erms reared ma Maw in rough and tumbely toon
Ma Fayther he had oily breath in rough and tumbely toon
The fac’try sang the song of death in rough and tumbely toon
Ma mammy was the Ballroom Belle in rough and tumbely toon
Ma Da ye know he danced sae well in rough and tumbely toon
Ye’d see them doon the Barra-Land wi’ frizzed an’ shinny hair
A buxom Ginger Rodgers an’ a skinny Fred Astaire
Ah wus born in Glesgae Toon a rough and tumbely toon
They fairly pit the whiskey doon in rough and tumbely toon
Ma granny she slept in the Wa in rough and tumbely toon
Her tattooed erms reared ma Maw in rough and tumbely toon
And this is where the dream was born the Great Industrial Dream
It’s mair like some foul monster born on the Banks a’ Clyde’s fair green
They fought for country fought for King they won the war it’s true
Tae see Germany and Japan well ye widnae think it too
I wus born in Glesgae Toon a rough and tumbely toon
They fairly pit the whiskey doon in rough and tumbely toon
Mammy was the Ballroom Belle in rough and tumbely toon
Ye know ma Da ye know he danced sae well in rough and tumbely toon
I wus born in Glesgae Toon a rough and tumbely toon