Watt be­came a Pres­by­ter­i­an min­is­ter in 1896. He served in Tur­riff, Ab­er­deen­shire (1897) and Al­loa (1901). In World War I, he was a chap­lain to Bri­tain’s Gor­don High­land­ers and Black Watch. His works in­clude:

• The Tryst: A Book Of The Soul (Hod­der & Stough­ton, 1907)
• Scottish Life and Po­e­try (Lon­don: James Nis­bet & Co., 1912
• In the Land of War
• The Sol­dier’s Friend
• The Heart of a Sol­dier (New York: George H. Dor­an Com­pa­ny, 1918)
• The Gor­don High­land­ers (Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land: W. P. Nim­mo, Hay & Mitch­ell, 1918)
• While the Can­dle Burns (Lon­don: Will­iam Black­wood, 1933)
• The Scot­tish Ball­ads and Ball­ad Writ­ing

Lyrics

1. I Bind My Heart This Tide