As Malley Lee cam' doon the street, her capuchin did flee She cast a look behind her back, tae see her negligee She had twa lappets at her heid that flaunted gallantly And ribbon knots at back and breist, o' bonnie Malley Lee And we're a' gaun east and west We're a' gaun a jee We're a' gaun east, we're a' gaun west A coortin' Malley Lee As doon alang the Canongate were beaux o' ilk degree And monie an ane turned roond aboot, the comely sicht tae see And ilka bab her pingpong gied, ilk lad thought, "That's tae me" But feint a ane was in the thought of bonnie Mally Lee And we're a' gaun east and west We're a' gaun a jee We're a' gaun east, we're a' gaun west A coortin' Malley Lee The dame gaed through the palace ha' and wha' sae braw as she A prince speired leave tae dance wi' her and earliest twa and three But heilan' Brodie fleered them a' wi' proud and glancin' e'e He's won for aye the heart and hand o' bonnie Malley Lee And we're a' gaun east and west We're a' gaun a jee We're a' gaun east, we're a' gaun west A coortin' Malley Lee As Malley Lee cam' doon the street, her capuchin did flee She cast a look behind her back, tae see her negligee She had twa lappets at her heid that flaunted gallantly And ribbon knots at back and breist, o' bonnie Malley Lee And we're a' gaun east and west We're a' gaun a jee We're a' gaun east, we're a' gaun west A coortin' Malley Lee And we're a' gaun east and west We're a' gaun a jee We're a' gaun east, we're a' gaun west A coortin' Malley Lee