It covered the ground with a layer of gold
 Spirits were high and the raining had stopped
 The larder was low, but boy that wasn't all

 Eleventh Earl of Mar
 Couldn't get them very far
 Daddy! Oh Daddy, you promised

 Out on the road in the direction of Perth
 Backwards and forwards in a circle they went
 Found a city half open and ready to greet
 The conquering heroes, with blisters on their feet

 Eleventh Earl of Mar
 Somehow got them all this far
 Daddy! You promised, you promised

 See the Stewart all dressed up
 He's got eyes in the back of his head
 Who came in a cockleshell boat
 That could only just float
 Couldn't even lift a sword
 Dressed too fine and smelling of wine

 Daddy you've got to do
 Here comes the bishop all dressed up
 He's gonna bless you if you're ready to pay
 One wave of his funny old stick
 There's a band of light across your eyes

 Waited a week still they hadn't appeared
 That glorious timing that everyone feared
 So they're riding along on the crest of a wave
 They're headed for London, and that will be their grave

 Eleventh Earl of Mar
 Well he couldn't get them down that far
 Daddy! I'm waiting, I'm waiting

 Time to go to bed now
 Never seems too keen
 To be a guest now
 In a house of dreams

 Flying from a hillside
 Beckoning the trees
 A sailboat's awning
 Mimicking the breeze

 I'm fighting gravity falling
 My Daddy won't let them get me
 A voice screams seems to be calling
 The face turns features are burning

 Daddy, you've got to do
 See the fifteen going by
 Tell the Lairs and the Lords
 They're running backwards today
 And once again you stand alone

 Bury your memories bury your friends
 Leave it alone for a year or two
 Till the stories go hazy and the legends come true
 Then do it again, some things never end

 Eleventh Earl of Mar
 Won't be going very far
 You promised, you promised, you promised
 DADDY