The Keel Row
Anonymous
As I came thro’ Sandgate,
Thro’ Sandgate, thro’ Sandgate,
As I came thro’ Sandgate
I heard a lassie sing,
O weel may the keel row,
The keel row, the keel row,
O weel may the keel row,
That my laddie’s in.
O wha’s like my Johnny,
Sae leith, sae blythe, sae bonny?
He’s foremost among the mony
Keel lads o’ coaly Tyne:
He’ll set and row so tightly,
Or in the dance—so sprightly—
He’ll cut and shuffle sightly;
’Tis true,—were he not mine.
He wears a blue bonnet,
Blue bonnet, blue bonnet;
He wears a blue bonnet,—
And a dimple in his chin:
And weel may the keel row,
The keel row, the keel row;
And weel may the keel row,
That my laddie’s in.