O swiftly glides the bonny boat

O swiftly glides the bonny boat

Just parted from the shore,

And to the fisher's chorus note

Soft moves the dipping oar.

His toils are borne with happy cheer

And ever may they speed,

That feeble age and helpmate dear

And tender bairnies feed.

Refrain:

We cast our lines in Largo Bay,

Our nets are floating wide,

Our bonny boat with yielding sway

Rocks lightly in the tide.

Amd happy prove our daily lot

Upon the summer sea,

And blest on land our kindly Cot

Where all our treasures be.

The mermaid on her rock may sing,

The witch may weave her charm,

Nor watersprite nor eldritch thing

The bonny boat can harm.

It safely bears its scaly store

Thro many a storm gale,

While joyful shouts rise from the shore,

Its homeward prow to hail.