| Where hae ye been, all the day, Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie? | |
| Where hae ye been all the day, my Bonnie Hieland Laddie. | |
| Wey hey and away we go, | |
| Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie | |
| Wey hey and away we go, | |
| My Bonnie Hieland Laddie | |
| Then ah see ye down the glen, Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie? | |
| Then ah see ye near the burn, my Bonnie ... | |
| Shipped to the north on a Dundee whaler, Bon ... | |
| Shipped to the north as a whaling sailor, my ... | |
| Bound away for Iceland cold, ... | |
| Found much ice but nae much gold, ... | |
| Greenland is a cold country, ... | |
| No the place for you and me, ... | |
| Caught some whales and boiled their blubber, ... | |
| Ile (oil) and fat choked every scupper, ... | |
| I'll be glad when I get hame, ... | |
| I'll gie up this whaling game, ... | |