Tramps And Hawkers

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O come a´ ye tramps and 
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hawker-lads an´ gaitherers o´ bla´
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That tramp the country roun´ and 
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roun´, come listen one and a´
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I´ll tell tae ye a rovin´ tale, o´
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 sights that I hae seen
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Far up into the snowy north, or 
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sooth by Gretna Green.


[Verse 2]
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I´ve seen the high Ben Nevis 
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a-towerin´ tae the moon
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I´ve been roun´ by Crieff an´ 
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Callander an roun´ by Bonny Doon
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I´ve seen Loch Ness's silvery 
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tide an´ places I'll tae ken
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Far up into the stormy north lies 
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Urquart´s fairy glen


[Verse 3]
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Ofttimes I laugh tae mysel´ as I 
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wander alang the road
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My toerags round my blistered 
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feet, my face as broun´s a toad
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Wi´ lumps o´cheese and 
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tattie-scones or breid an´ braxie 
ham
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Nae thinking whar´ I´m comin´ 
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frae nor thinkin´ whar I´m gang.


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[Verse 4]
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I've done my share of humpin' wi'
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 the dockers on the Clyde
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I've helped the Buckie trawlers 
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hawl the herrin' o'er the side
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I've helped to build the mighty 
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bridge that spans the Firth o' Forth
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And wi' mony Angus farmer's rig 
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I've plowed the bonny earth


[Verse 5]
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I´m happy in the summer-time 
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beneath the dark blue sky
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Nae thinkin´ in the mornin´ where
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 at nicht i´m gang to lie
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In barn or byre or anywhere 
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dossing out among the hay
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And if the weather treats me 
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right, I´m  happy every day.


[Verse 6]
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Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond, 
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they´ve oft been seen by me
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The Dee, the Don, the Devron, 
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that a´ flows tae the sea
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Dunrobin Castle, by the way, I 
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nearly had forgot
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And the reckless stanes o´cairn 
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that mairks the hoose o´ John o´ 
Groat.


[Verse 7]
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I´ve been by bonny Gallowa´, an´ 
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often roun´ Stranraer
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My business leads me anywhere, I 
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travel near an´ far
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I´ve got that rovin´ notion I 
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wouldna like tae loss
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For It´s my daily fare an´ as much
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 I will pay my doss.


[Verse 8]
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I think I´ll gang tae Paddy´s 
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Lan´, I´m makin´ up my mind
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For Scotland´s greatly altered 
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noo, I canna raise the wind
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But I will trust in Providence, 
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and Providence be true
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I´ll sing ye´a song o´ Erin´s 
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Isle when I come back to you.