[Verse 1]
I'll lay ye doun, love, I'll treat ye decent
I'll lay ye doun, love, I'll fill yer can
I'll lay ye doun, love, I'll treat ye decent
For surely I'm an honest man

[Verse 2]
As I gaed oot ae December evenin'
By the watter and the pleasant sand
As I was walkin', I could hear them talkin'
Sayin', "Surely, he is an honest man"

[Chorus]
Lay ye doun, love, I'll treat ye decent
Lay ye doun, love, I'll fill yer can
Lay yе doun, love, I'll treat ye dеcent
For surely I'm an honest man

[Verse 3]
I hae travelled far fae Inverey
And doun as far as Edinburgh toun
But I maun go and travel farther
When I return, I'll lay ye doun

[Chorus]
Lay ye doun, love, I'll treat ye decent
Lay ye doun, love, I'll fill yer can
Lay ye doun, love, I'll treat ye decent
For surely I'm an honest man
[Verse 4]
I will leave soon, but I'll return
To you, my love, I'll tak yer hand
Then no more I'll roam from you, love
No more to walk on foreign sand

[Chorus]
Lay ye doun, love, I'll treat ye decent
Lay ye doun, love, I'll fill yer can
Lay ye doun, love, I'll treat ye decent
For surely I'm an honest man