Lay Ye Doon Love

I'll lay ye doon, love, I'll treat ye decent I'll lay ye doon, love, I'll fill yer can I'll lay ye doon, love, I'll treat ye decent For surely I'm an honest man As I gaed oot ae December evening By the watter and the pleasant sand As I was walking, I could hear them talking Saying, "Surely he is an honest man" Chorus: Lay ye doon, love, I'll treat ye decent Lay ye doon, love, I'll fill yer can Lay ye doon, love, I'll treat ye decent For surely I'm an honest man I hae traivelled far fae Invery And doon as far as Edinburgh toon But I maun go and travel farther When I return I'll lay ye doon (Chorus) I will leave soon, but I'll return To you, my love, I'll tak yer hand Then no more I'll roam from you, love No more to walk on foreign sand (Chorus)