WELCOME HOME
Welcome home tae bonnie Scotland,
Ye stout-hearted volunteers;
For honour bright ye well have battled –
Now ye get our hearty cheers.
At duty’s call yr quick did rally,
And did cross the rolling wave
To the burning sands of Afric’,
Thine own kith and kin to save.
Welcome home, ye gallant yeomen,
Ye who rode the dark Transvaal,
’Midst Pom-pom and Mauser bullets,
Lyddite shell and cannon ball;
Ye have bravely done your duty
’Neath the good old Union Jack,
Now, today in bonnie Scotland,
We are proud to see you back.
