Charlie Is (He's) My Darling

Melody - Seq. by Randy Ralph          Left: Robert Burns, 1794;

right: Carolina Oliphant,      (Lady Nairne), 1766-1845

Chorus
An' Charlie he's my darling,
My darling, my darling,
Charlie he's my darling

The young Chevalier.

Twas on a Monday morning,

Right early in the year,
That Charlie came to our town,
The young Chevalier.

Chorus

As he was walking up the street,
The city for to view,
O there he spied a bonie lass
The window looking thro'.
Chorus

He set his Jenny on his knee,             
All in his Highland dress;      
For brawlie weel he ken'd the way     
To please a bonnie lass.       color="#ffffff" face="verdana,geneva" size="4"> Chorus        

It's up on yon heathery mountain,     
An' down yon scroggy glen,       &         
We daur na gang a milking,               
An' Charlie and his men.                        
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Oh,Charlie is my darling,
My darling, my darling,
Oh, Charlie is my darling,
The young Chevalier.

'Twas on a Monday morning,
Bright early in the year,
When Charlie came to our town,
The young Chevalier,

As he came marching up the street,
      The pipes play'd loud and clear,
  And a' the folk came running out,
       To meet the Chevalier.

Wi' Hieland bonnets on their heads,
 and claymores bright and clear, 
They came to fight for Scotland's right,
 And the young Chevalier.  

      They've left their bonnie Hieland hills,
 Their wives and bairnies dear,
       To draw the sword for Scotland's lord,

 The young Chevalier. 

Oh! Charlie is my darling,
 my darling, my darling,
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
The young Chevalier,

The Scottish flag is the cross of St. Andrew, also known as the Saltire. It is said to be one of the oldest national flags of any country, dating back at least to the 12th century.

Tradition suggests that St. Andrew (an apostle of Jesus in the Christian religion) was put to death by the Romans in Greece by being pinned to a cross of this shape.