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Now a Scotsman clad in kilt come out o’ the bar one evening fair,

And you could tell the way he walked he drank more than his share.

He fumbled around until he could no longer find his feet,

Then he staggered off into the grass to sleep beside the street.

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A ring-ding-diddle-diddle aye-dee-oh, a ring-ding diddley aye-day,

He staggered off into the grass to sleep beside the street.

Well about that time two young and lovely girls just happen by,

And one said to the other with a twinkle in her eye,

I see yon sleepin’ Scotsman, so strong and handsome built,

I wonder if it’s true, what they don’t wear beneath their kilt?

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A ring-ding-diddle-diddle aye-dee-oh, a ring-ding diddley aye-day,

I wonder if it’s true, what they don’t wear beneath their kilt?

So they crept up on that sleepin’ Scotsman, quiet as can be,

And lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see

And there, behold, for them to view beneath the Scottish kilt

Was nothin’ more than God had graced him once upon his birth.

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A ring-ding-diddle-diddle aye-dee-oh, a ring-ding diddley aye-day,

Was nothin’ more than God had graced him once upon his birth.

Well they marveled for a moment then said, "Well, we must be gone."

Let’s leave a present for our friend before we move along.

As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon tied into a bow,

Around the bonnie star the Scotsman’s kilt that left its show.

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A ring-ding-diddle-diddle aye-dee-oh, a ring-ding diddley aye-day,

Around the bonnie star the Scotsman’s kilt that left its show.

Well the Scotsman woke to Nature’s call and stumbled toward the trees,

Behind a bush he lifts his kilt and he gawks at what he sees.

And in a startled voice he say, "To what’s before me eyes?"

"Oh, Lord, I don’t know where you been, but I see you’ve won first prize!"

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A ring-ding-diddle-diddle aye-dee-oh, a ring-ding diddley aye-day,

"Oh, Lord, I don’t know where you been, but I see you’ve won first prize!"