A popular song from 1911
Words by Gerald Grafton and Harry Lauder
Music by Harry Lauder
The sheet music:
Lyrics
- There’s a good old Scottish custom
That has stood the test of time
It’s a custom that’s been carried out
In every land and clime
Where brother Scots fore-gather
It’s aye the usual thing
Just before they say “Good Nicht”
They fill their cups and sing
Chorus
“Just a wee deoch-an-doris
Just a wee yin, that’s a’
Just a wee deoch-an-doris
Before we gang awa’
There’s a wee wifie waitin’
In a wee but-an-ben
If you can say
“It’s a braw bricht moon-licht nicht”
Ye’re a’ richt, ye ken”
- I like a man that is a man
A man that’s straight and fair
A sort of man, that will and can
In all things do his share
I like a man, a jolly man
The sort o’ man “ye know”
The chap that slaps yer back and says
“Mon Jock,” before we go - I’ll invite ye a’ some other nicht
To come and bring yer wives
And I’ll guarantee ye’ll have
The grandest nicht in all yer lives
I’ll have the bagpipes skirling
We’ll make the rafters ring
And when yer tired and sleepy
Why I’ll wake yer up an’ sing