Bonnie Charlie's noo awa,
Safely o'er the friendly main,
Mony a heart would break in twa,
Should he ne'er come back again.
Will ye no' come back again?
Will ye no' come back again?
Better lo'ed ye canna be.
Will ye no' come back again?
Ye trusted in your Hielan' men.
They trusted you, dear Charlie.
They kent your hiding in the glen.
Death or exile braving.
Will ye no' come back again?
Will ye no' come back again?
Better lo'ed ye canna be.
Will ye no' come back again?
English bribes were a' in vain,
Tho' puir, and puirer, we maurn be.
Siller canna buy the heart,
That beats aye for thine and thee.
Will ye no' come back again?
Will ye no' come back again?
Better lo'ed ye canna be.
Will ye no' come back again?
We watch'd thee in the gloamin' hour.
We watch'd thee in the mornin' grey.
Tho' thirty thousand pound they said they gie.
Oh, there is nane that a' would ye betray!
Will ye no' come back again?
Will ye no' come back again?
Better lo'ed ye canna be.
Will ye no' come back again?
Sweet the laverock's note an lang,
Liltin wildly up the glen;
Aye tae me he sings a sang,
"Will ye no come back again?"
Will ye no' come back again?
Will ye no' come back again?
Better lo'ed ye canna be.
Will ye no' come back again?