[Verse 1]
Fareweel, my dearest Nancy
Fareweel, I must away
I hear the drums are beating
And no longer I can stay
We're ordered down to Portsmouth
And it's many's a weary mile
For to fight for the British Army
On the banks of the Nile

[Verse 2]
Then I'll cut off my yellow hair
And along wi you I'll go
I'll dress masel in uniform
And I'll see Egypt too
I'll fight and wear thy banners well
And kind fortune upon us smile
And we'll comfort one another
On the banks of the Nile

[Verse 3]
Let a hundred days be darkened
And, oh, maidens gie a smile
It would mеlt the very elеments
To hear the wounded cry
Let a hundred days be brightened
And let maidens gie a smile
But remember the Aberdonian
On the banks o the Nile
[Verse 4]
Our curse upon this cruel war
And the hour that it began
For it's robbed us and our country
O mony's a gallant man
It took from us our sweethearts
Protectors o our soil
And the blood runs steep
On the grass that's deep
On the banks o the Nile

[Verse 5]
And now the war is over
And back I will return
Unto my wife and family
I left behind to mourn
We'll call them all around, me boys
And there's no end to our toil
And no more we'll go a-rovin'
On the banks oo the Nile