Tramps and Hawkers

歌詞

Come all ye tramps and hawker-lads an' gaitherers o' bla' That tramp the country ruind and ruind, come listen aine and a' I'll tell to you a roving tale of places I have been Far up into the snowy north, or sooth by Gretna Green Oftimes I've laughed untae mysel' when trudgin' on the road Wi' tore rags round my blistered feet, my face as bruin as a toad's Wi' lums o' cake an' tattie scones, wi' whangs o' braxy ham No giein a thought frae whaur I come an' less tae whaur I'm gang I've done my share o' humpin' wi' the dockers on the Clyde I've helped Buckie trawlers haul their herrin' o'er the side I've helped tae build your mighty bridge that spans the busy Forth Wi' mony an Angus fairmer, aye, I plooed the bony earth And I'm happy in the summertime, beneath the bright blue sky No thinkin' in the mornin', at night where I'm going to lie In barfy barns or anywhere, or oot amongst the hay And if the weather treats me right, I'm happy all the day I've been by bonny Gallowa', an' often roun' Stranraer My business leads me anywhere, I travel near an' far I've got that rovin' notion, I wouldna like tae loss For it's my daily fare an' as much'll pay me doss But I think I'll gang tae Paddy's Land, I'm makin' up me mind For Scotland's greatly altered no, I canna raise the wind I'll put me trust in Providence, if Providence prove true I'll sing ye's a' of Erin's Isle when I come back to you So come all ye tramps and hawker-lads an' gaitherers o' bla' I'll stand ye's all a final dram before I gang awa' But it's when I think of those olden days and the places I would have been Far up into the snowy north, or sooth by Gretna Green