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This is the Regimental song of the Calgary Highlanders Reserve Infantry Unit, of which I belong to. Its awesome when you get 150 guys singing the song.

"Glenwhorple"
This song, a popular marching tune during the Second World War in many regiments, tells the Highland version of the story of Noah's Ark. The Calgary Highlanders still fondly sing it, though no longer when marching but at regimental mess functions where circumstances allow for it to be performed with a little more gusto. The final verse below is a postwar addition by the Calgary Highlanders.

There's a braw fine regiment as ilka mon should ken,
They are deevils at the fechtin', they hate clured a sicht o' men,
And ha'e suppit muckle whusky when the canteen they gang ben,
The Hielan' men frae braw Glenwhorple.

Chorus

Heuch! Glenwhorple Hielan' men!
Great strong whusky-suppin' Hielan' men,
Hard- workin', hairy-leggit Hielan' men,
Slainte mhor Glenwhorple.

They were foonded by McAdam, who of a' the men was fairst,
He resided in Glen Eden, whaur he pipit like tee burst,
Wi' a fig leaf for a sporran, an'a pairfect Hielan thairst,
Till he stole awe' the aipples free Glenwhorple.

When the waters o' the deluge drookit a' the whole world oter,
The Colonel o' the Regiment his name was Shaun McNoah,
Sae a muckle boat he biggit an' he sneckit up the door,
an' he sailed awe from drooned Glenwhorple.

Then syne he sent a corporal, and gaired him find the land,
He returned wi' an empty whusky bottle in his hand,
Sae they kent the flood was dryin'; he was fu', ye understand,
For he'd foond a public house abune the water.

When good King Solomon was ruler o' the Glen,
He had a hundred pipers and a thoosan' fechtin' men,
An' a mighty fine establishment I hae no doot ye ken,
For he kept a sicht o' wives in auld Glenwhorple.

Then there came a birkie bangster, who was chieftain o' the Clan,
His name it was t'Wallace, an' he was a fechtin' mon,
For he harried a' the border and awe' the Southron ran,
Frae the dingin' o' the claymores o' Glenwhorple.

When the bonnie pipes are skirlin', an' the lads are on parade,
I' the braw Glenwhorple tartan, wi' the claymore an' the plaid,
When the Sergeant-Major's sober an' the Colonel's no afraid,
O' seein' tartan spiders in Glenwhorple!

Eh, a bonnie sicht they mak', when the canteen they gan ben,
then the morn's parade is o'er, she'll be fu' a' drunken, men,
An' a thoosan' canty kilties will be stottin, doon the Glen,
For they drink a power o' whusky in Glenwhorple.

Now the ladies o' the Regiment I hae no doubt ye ken,
Are as brew and sassie lassies as you'll ere find in the glen,
Though their legs are no so hairy they can keep up with the men,
When it comes to suppin whisky in Glenwhorple.

When the monarch o' the islands founded a' the colonies,
And they sent the Heilan' soldiers out across the pitchaen seas,
Well they settled in the foothills and they called it Calgary,
And they sired finer soldiers than Glenwhorple.