The Portree Kid

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A man came riding oot the west one 
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wild and stormy day
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He was tall and quiet and hungry 
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his eyes were smoky grey
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He was lean across the hurdies but 
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his shoulders they were big
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The terror of the hielan' glens 
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that was the Portree kid

[Chorus]
     Bm        Em          
He drum ho, he drum hey, The 
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teuchter that cam frae Skye.

[Verse]
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His sidekick was an orra’man, and 
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oh but he was mean
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He was ca’ed the midnight plough 
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boy, and he came frae Aberdeen
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He had twenty seven notches on his 
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cromak so they say
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And he killed a million Indians, 
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way up in Stornoway

[Verse]
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Portree booted in the door he 
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sauntered tae the bar
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He poured a shot o crabbies he 
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shouted Slàinte Mhat
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While midnight was being chatted up
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 by a bar room girl called Pam
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Who said well howdy – stranger, 
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wad ye buy's a babycham

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Now over in the corner sat three 
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men frae Auchertool
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They were playing games for money 
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in a snakes and ladder school
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The fourth man was a southerner 
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who’d come up from Macmerry
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He'd been a river gambler on the 
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Ballachulish Ferry

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[Chorus]
     Bm        Em          
He drum ho, he drum hey, The 
    Am               Em
teuchter that cam frae Skye.

[Verse]
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Portree walked up to the table and 
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he shouted 'Shake me in'
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He shoogled on the egg cup, he 
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]gave the dice a spin
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He threw seven sixes in a row and 
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the game was nearly done
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But he landed on a snake, and 
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finished on square one

[Verse]
      Em                           
The game was nearly over and 
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Portree was doing fine
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He’d landed on a ladder, he was up 
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to forty-nine
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He only had but one to go and the 
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other man was beat
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But the gambler couped the board 
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up, and shouted "you're a cheat"

[Verse]
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Men dived behind the rubber plants 
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to try and save their skins
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The accordionist stopped playing, 
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his sidekick dropped the spoons
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He says "I think its funny, you’ve 
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been up the ladder twice,
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And ye always dunt the table, when
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 I’m going to throw the dice"

[Chorus]
     Bm        Em          
He drum ho, he drum hey, The 
    Am               Em
teuchter that cam frae Skye.

[Verse]
      Em                           
The gambler drew his Skian Dubh as 
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fast as lightening speed
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Portree grabbed a screwtop and 
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cracked him O the heid
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Then he gave him laldy wi’ a salmon
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 off the wall
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And he finished off the business, 
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wi’ his lucky grousefoot's claw

[Verse]
      Em                        
Portree walked up to the bar, he 
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says "I’ll hae a half"
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And d’ye like the way I stuck it on
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 that wee Macmerry nyaff
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But the Southerner crept up behind 
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his features wracked wi’ pain
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And gubbed him wi' an ashtray made
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 oot o' a curling stane

[Verse]
      Em                           
The fight went raging on all night 
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till opening time next day
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Wi’ a break for soup and stovies 
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aff a coronation tray
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It was getting kind o' obvious, 
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that neither man would win
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When came the shout that stopped 
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it all "there’s a bus trip comin in"

[Chorus]
     Bm        Em          
He drum ho, he drum hey, The 
    Am               Em
teuchter that cam frae Skye.

[Verse]
      Em                         
They sing this song in Galashiels 
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and up to Peterheid
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Way down o’er the borders across 
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the Rio Tweed
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About what became O’Portree, 
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Midnight and the gamblin' man,
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They opened up a gift shop selling
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 fresh air in a can

[Chorus]
     Bm        Em          
He drum ho, he drum hey, The 
    Am               Em
teuchter that cam frae Skye.