[Verse 1]

I have friends tae buy me whiskey

Bonnie friends tae call my ain

But if I should get to fu' for walkin'

Wha's the man that would carry me hame?

[Chorus]

And if I be dround in the Isla Waters

Hou the deuce would I win Hame?

If I be drounk in the Isla Waters

My wee doggie would find me in the Isla stream

[Verse 2]

Ilka day I cross that water

Aye she's brackent wi' the sea

But if there is o' ale-hous laughter

Daurk an' still she waits on me

[Chorus]

And if I be dround in the Isla Waters

Hou the deuce would I win Hame?

If I be drounk in the Isla Waters

My wee doggie would find me in the Isla stream

[Verse 3]

Like the fisher's line that's brawken

Leaves the salmon tae the swell

Monie's the nicht ye'll fan' me souken

But ye brak the line yersel

[Chorus]

And if I be dround in the Isla Waters

Hou the deuce would I win Hame?

If I be drounk in the Isla Waters

My wee doggie would find me in the Isla stream

[Instrumental]

[Verse 4]

Aa' my days I've lived the quarter

Baud and bonnie fine stuff I've seen

But should I droun in your water

My wee doggie would find me in the Isla Stream