GENTLEMEN IT IS MY DUTY
TO INFORM YOU OF ONE BEAUTY
SO I ASK OF YOU A FAVOUR
NOT TO SEEK HER FOR AWHILE
THOUGH I OWE SHE IS A CREATURE
OF CHARACTER AND FEATURE
NO WORDS COULD FRAME THE PICTURE
OF THE QUEEN OF ALL ARGYLL

AND IF YOU COULDïVE SEEN HER THERE
BOYS IF YOU HAD JUST BEEN THERE
THE SWAN WAS IN HER MOVEMENT
AND THE MORNING IN HER SMILE
ALL THE ROSES IN THE GARDEN
THEY BOWED AND ASKED HER PARDON
FOR NOT ONE COULD MATCH THE BEAUTY
OF THE QUEEN OF ALL ARGYLL

ON THE EVENING THAT I MENTION
I PASSED WITH LIGHT INTENSION
THROUGH A PART OF OUR DEAR COUNTRY
KNOWN FOR BEAUTY AND FOR STYLE
TO A PLACE OF NOBLE FAINTERS
OF SCHOLARS AND GREAT DRINKERS
BUT ABOVE THEM FOR ALL SPLENDOR
SHONE THE QUEEN OF ALL ARGYLL

SO MY LADS NOW I MUST LEAVE YOU
MY INTENSION IS NOT TO GRIEVE YOU
NOR NEAT WILL I DECIEVE YOU
I SEE YOU IN A WHILE
I MUST FIND SOME WAY TO GAIN HER
TO COURT HER AND TO TAME HER
I FEEL MY HEART IS IN DANGER
FROM THE QUEEN OF ALL ARGYLL