Whaur yon broken brig hings owre,

Whaur yon water maks nae soun,

Babylon blaws by in stour:

Gang doun wi a sang, gang doun.

 

Deep owre deep; for onie drouth,

Wan eneuch an ye wud droun,

Saut, or seelfu, for the mouth:

Gang doun wi a sang, gang doun.

 

Babylon blaws by in stour

Whaur yon water maks nae soun:

Darkness is your only door;

Gang doun wi a sang, gang doun.