INTRO VERSE As I came thro' Sandgate, Thro' Sandgate, thro' Sandgate, As I came thro' Sandgate, I heard a lassie sing: "O, weel may the keel row, The keel row, the keel row, O weel may the keel row That my laddie's in." VERSE "O wha's like my Johnnie, Sae leish, sae blithe, sae bonnie? He's foremost 'mang the mony Keel lads o' coaly Tyne; He'll set or row sae tightly Or, in the dance sae sprightly, He'll cut and shuffle slightly, 'Tis true, were he nae mine. VERSE He wears a blue bonnet, Blue bonnet, blue bonnet, He wears a blue bonnet A dimple in his chin. And weel may the keel row, The keel row, the keel row, And weel may the keel row That my laddie's in."