Marsha Wallace

She came down to the river Tay
From the Highlands to play
A lovely face and a teasing way
Lovely Marsha Wallace
Marsha Wallace you can stay
With the boys don't go away
We'll wrestle beneath the rowan
Not leaving for the plowing
Lovely Marsha Wallace

That's why I'm here not over there
That's why I'm sitting in this old Bar Chair
Beer never caused that gut down there
It was the birth of Wallace

Got along well was one of the boys
But was nay feeling that way
Soft as heather when down she lay
Lovely Marsha Wallace
Beneath the bracken on a starry night
I'd worn me kilt was quite a sight
Her hand came up gave me a fright
Lovely Marsha Wallace

That's why I'm over here not over there
That's why I'm sitting in this old Bar Chair
Beer never caused that gut down there
It was the birth of Wallace

Felt her hand cross my chest
To me stomach I passed the test
Like Mums scrub board she did say
Just a hard man's stomach
Something said made me ask
Who's your father me little lass
Me gut held firm but she'd said
Was Commander Wallace

That's why I'm here not over there
That's why I'm sitting in this old Bar Chair
Beer never caused that gut down there
It was the birth of Wallace

Was on a slope nearby a road
Horses comin' I lost my hold
Started slipping and down we went
Me and Marsha Wallace
The sound of steel quickly drawn
To me throat pinned on the ground
Me gut gave way when I heard her say
It's my father Wallace

That's why I'm here not over there
That's why I'm sitting in this old Bar Chair
Beer never caused that gut down there
It was the birth of Wallace

Marsha Wallace, you can stay
With the boys don't go away
We'll wrestle beneath the rowan
Not leaving for the plowing
Lovely Marsha Wallace

That's why I'm here not over there
That's why I'm sitting in this old Bar Chair
Beer never caused that gut down there
It was the birth of Wallace