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Come A Ye Tramps An Hawkers lyrics

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    Come a ye tramps and hawkers noo,
      Ye gaitherers o blaw
    That tramps the countrie roun an roun
      Come lissen ane an aw

    Ah ll tell tae you a rovin tale
      O sichts as Ah hae seen
    Far up intae thae snawy north
      An sooth be Gretna Green.

    Ah ve seen the high Ben Lomond
      a-towerin tae the moon
    Ah ve been by Creiff and Callendar
      and roond be bonnie Doune.

    Ah ve seen Loch Ness es silvery tides,
      And places ill tae ken:
    Far up intae the snawy north
      Lies Urquharts fairy glen.

    It s aft Ah ve laffed untae masel
      As Ah trudged alang the road
    Wi a bag o blaw upon ma back
      an face as broun s a toad s.

    Wi lumps o cake an tattie scones
      Cheese and braxie hams
    It s nae thinkin waur Ah m comin fae
      Nor waur Ah m gawn tae gang.

    For Ah m happy in the summer time
      Aneath the bricht blue sky
    Nae thinkin in the mornin
      Waur at nicht that Ah sall lie.

    If in a barn, or yet a byre
      Or jist amang the hay
    So lang s the weather doth permit,
      Ah m happy every day.

    But Ah think Ah ll go tae Paddy s Land,
      Ah makkin up ma mind.
    For Scotland s fairly altered noo,
      Ye cannae raise the wind.

    But Ah will trust in Providence,
      an Providence prove true,
    Ah ll tell ye a o Erin s Isle
      Win Ah come back tae you.
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