[Verse]
Oh, come boys and I'll tell you a story,
Of a piper who lived long ago,
And he played all sorts of music,
For friends and relations and foes.

At hooleys and weddings and parties,
Me lads, he was always the same,
For they'd dance and he'd sing,
And all sorts of things,
Recitations and musical games.

[Chorus]
We invited him down to the party,
He brought his old pipes just by chance,
And we asked him to play a bit of a tune,
He said, "No, I'll give you a bit of a dance."

So we gave him a naggin of whiskey,
And poured out a bottle of stout,
And we cut a great hole in the bag of his pipes,
And this is the tune that came out.

[Verse]
Oh, the piper that played before Moses,
Was a comical bit of a tout,
He'd all sorts of bellows and chanters,
And ribbons and pipes hanging out.

And when he'd go for to squeeze them,
He'd huff and he'd puff and he'd blow,
He'd scream and he'd shout,
Till the music came out and away to the races he'd go.

[Chorus]
We invited him down to the party,
He brought his old pipes just by chance,
And we asked him to play a bit of a tune,
He said, "No, I'll give you a bit of a dance."

So we gave him a naggin of whiskey,
And poured out a bottle of stout,
And we cut a great hole in the bag of his pipes,
And this is the tune that came out.

[Verse]
He had all sorts of friends and relations,
Who travelled from way overseas,
With all sorts of grandeur and splendour,
Sure, you'd nearly get weak at the knees.

We cleared back the tables and dressers,
When his cousin from Russia came in,
On their hunkers they dance,
They all took a chance and kicked their heels to begin.

[Chorus]
We invited him down to the party,
He brought his old pipes just by chance,
And we asked him to play a bit of a tune,
He said, "No, I'll give you a bit of a dance."

So we gave him a naggin' of whiskey,
And poured out a bottle of stout,
And we cut a great hole in the bag of his pipes,
And this is the tune that came out.