1. Was you ever in Quebec
ref: Hieland Laddie, bonnie Laddie
Launching timber on the deck
ref: Me bonnie Hieland, Laddie-oh!

2. Was you ever in mobile bay
Screwin cotton on a summers day!

3. Was you ever off cape Horn
where the weather’s never warm

Full ref: Way hey and away we’ll go

Hieland Laddie, bonnie Laddie

Way hey and away we’ll go

Me bonnie Hieland, Laddie-oh!

Was you even in Miramshee
Where you tie up to a tree

Was you even in London town
where the girls they do come down

Was you ever in Mobile Bay
Drinking coffe and bohay

Was you ever in Vallipo
where the girls put up a show

Was you ever in Mobile Bay
where the girls all shout hooray!