[INTRO:] F  C  Dm  Bb  D  C  Dm  Bb

[VERSE 1:]
N.C.   C                            Dm7     F       C
Oh, my name is Jamie Raeburn, frae (Glasiskatoon) I came
   F             Am          F                    G
My place and habitation, I'm forced to leave with shame
        F             C         Dm7      F     G
From my place and habitation, I now must gang awa'
    F               Dm7       C            F   C     Am  Bb
Far frae the bonnie hills and dales of Caledonia


[VERSE 2:]
       C                          Dm7    F        C
It was early in the morning, just by the break of day
        F              Am           F           G
We were wakened by the turnkey, who unto us did say
  F               C          Dm7     F       G
"Arise ye hapless convicts, arise ye ain and a'
     F             Dm7    C              F   C    F  G
This is the day ye are to stray frae Caledonia"


[VERSE 3:]
   C                                  Dm7         F       C
We all arose, put on our clothes, our hearts were full a' grief
    F                  Am                    F             G
Our friends who stood around the coach could grant us no relief
    F                  C                  Dm7         F        G
Our parents, wives and sweethearts, their hearts were broke in twa
   F                Dm7       C            F   Am
To see us leave the hills and dales of Caledonia


[INSTRUMENTAL:] Am  F  Am  F  Em  F  G


[VERSE 4:]
    C                          Dm7       F         C
Farewell my ageing mother, I'm vexed for what I've done
  F                   Am             F                G
I hope none will cast up to you, the race that I have run
  F                C             Dm7  F    G
I hope god will protect you when I am far awa'
    F               Dm7       C            F   C     Am  Bb
Far frae the bonnie hills and dales of Caledonia


[VERSE 5:]
    C                            Dm7     F       C
Farewell, my honest faither, you are the best of men
    F               Am               F                 G
And likewise my own sweetheart, young Catherine is her name
    F                  C                       Dm7    F      G
Nay mair we'll walk by Clyde's clear stream or by the Broomielaw 
    F                Dm7       C            F   Am
For I must leave the hills and dales of Caledonia


[INSTRUMENTAL:] Am  F  Am  F  Em  F  G


[OUTRO:]
    F               Dm7       C            F   C
Far frae the bonnie hills and dales of Caledonia