Tramps And Hawkers

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Come, a' ye tramps and hawker lads and gaitherers o' blaw
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That tramps this country roun' and roun', come listen ane and a'
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I'll tell tae ye a rovin' tale and sichts that I hae seen
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Far up intae the snowy north and sooth by Gretna Green

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I've seen the high Ben Nevis a-towerin' tae the moon
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I've been by Crieff and Callander and roun' by Bonny Doon
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And by the Nethy's silvery tide and places ill tae ken
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Far up intae the stormy north lies Urquhart's fairy glen

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Come, a' ye tramps and hawker lads and gaitherers o' blaw
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That tramps this country roun' and roun', come listen ane and a'
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I'll tell tae ye a rovin' tale and sichts that I hae seen
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Far up intae the snowy north and sooth by Gretna Green

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Oft hae I laughed intae myself when trudgin' on the road
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Wi' a bag o' bla' upon by back, my face as bruin's a toad
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Wi' lumps o' cake and tattie scones and cheese and braxie ham
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Nae thinking where I'm comin' frae or where I'm goin' tae gang

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I'm happy in the summer time beneath the bricht blue sky
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Nae thinkin' in the morning', at nicht where I'm to lie
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Barns or byres or anywhere, or oot among the hay
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And if the weather does permit, I'm happy every day

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Come, a' ye tramps and hawker lads and gaitherers o' blaw
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That tramps this country roun' and roun', come listen ane and a'
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I'll tell tae ye a rovin' tale and sichts that I hae seen
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Far up intae the snowy north and sooth by Gretna Green

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

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Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond have a' been kent by me
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The Dee, the Don, the Deveron that rushes tae the sea
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Dunrobin Castle, by the way, I nearly hae forgot
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And aye, the rickle o' cairn marks at the house o' John o' Groats

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Come, a' ye tramps and hawker lads and gaitherers o' blaw
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That tramps this country roun' and roun', come listen ane and a'
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I'll tell tae ye a rovin' tale and sichts that I hae seen
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Far up intae the snowy north and sooth by Gretna Green

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I'm often 'roon by Gallowa' and doon about Stranraer
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My business leads me onywhere, I travel near and far
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I've got a rovin' notion, there's nothing that I loss
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And a' my days my daily fare and what'll pay my doss

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I think I'll go to Paddy's land, I'm makkin' up my mind
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For Scotland's greatly altered now, I canna raise the wind
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But I will trust in Providence, if Providence proves true
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And I will sing o' Erin's isle 'ere I get back to you

[Chorus]
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Come, a' ye tramps and hawker lads and gaitherers o' blaw
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That tramps this country roun' and roun', come listen ane and a'
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I'll tell tae ye a rovin' tale and sichts that I hae seen
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Far up intae the snowy north and sooth by Gretna Green