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As sung by Kenneth McKellar
I'll sing of a river
I'm happy beside
The song that I sing is a song of the
Clyde
Of all
Scottish rivers it’s dearest to me
It flows from Leadhills all the way to the
sea
It borders
the orchards of Lanark so fair
Meanders through meadows with sheep
grazing there
But from Glasgow to Greenock, in towns on each side
The hammers' "ding-dong" is the song of
the Clyde
Oh the River Clyde, the wonderful Clyde
The name of it thrills me and fills me
with pride
And
I'm satisfied whate'er may betide
The sweetest of songs is the song of the
Clyde
Imagine we’ve left Craigendoran behind
And wind-happy yachts by Kilcreggan we
find
At Kirn and
Dunoon and Innellan we stay
Then Scotland’s Madeira that’s Rothesay,
they say
Or
maybe by Fairlie or Largs we will go
Or over to Millport that thrills people so
Mavbe journey to Arran it can't be denied
Those scenes
all belong to the song of the Clyde
Oh the River Clyde,
the wonderful Clyde
The name of it thrills me and fills me
with pride
And
I'm satisfied whate'er may betide
The sweetest of songs is the song of the
Clyde
There's Paw an' Maw doon at the Broomielaw
They're goin' "doon
the water" for "The Fair"
There's Bob an' Mary on the Govan Ferry
Wishin' jet
propulsion could be there
There's steamers cruisin' and there's
"buddies" snoozin'
And there's laddies fishin' frae the pier
An' Paw's perspirin' very near expirin'
As he rows a boat frae there to here
With eyes a-flashin', it is voted "smashin"
To be walkin'
daily on the prom
And May and Ev'lyn are in seventh heaven
As thy stroll
along with Dick and Tom
And Dumbarton Rock to ev'ry Jean and Jock
Extends a welcome that is high and wide
Seems to know that they are on their
homeward way
To
hear the song of the Clyde
Oh the River Clyde,
the wonderful Clyde
The name of it thrills me and fills me
with pride
And
I'm satisfied whate'er may betide
The sweetest of songs is the song of the
Clyde
The sweetest of songs is the song of the
Clyde
