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