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Tramps & Hawkers

from An Ownerless Corner of Earth by Francy Devine

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(trad arr Byrne & Devine, and Alan Reid, Kinmor Music)

lyrics

I dreamed a dreamed the ither nicht
A dream o lang ago
I saw yin o they Traivellin Fowk
Alang the open road
His step wis licht, his heid held high
Tae catch the scent o spring
And his voice rang oot the countryside
As he began tae sing

Oh, cam aa ye tramps an hawker-lads
Ye gaitherers o’ blaa
That tramp the country roun an roun
Came listen ain an aa
I’ll tell tae ye a rovin tale
O sichts that I hae seen
For its snawy tae the barren north
An sooth by Gretna Green.

Aft time I’ve laughed untae tae mysel
While trudgin oan the road
Ma tae-rags roun ma blistered feet
Ma face as broon as a toad’s
Wi’ lumps o’ cake an tattie-scones
Wi wangs o braxie ham
Nae giein a thocht tae where I’ve bin
An less tae where I’m gannin.

I have seen the high Ben Nevis
That gaes toorin tae the moon
I’ve been roun by Crieff an Callander
An’ by the Bonnie Doon
I’ve stood by Nethy’s silvery tide
Aye, an places ill tae ken
Far up intae the barren north
Lies Urquart’s fairy glen.

I’ve done ma share o humphin
Wi the dockers on the Clyde
I’ve helped them Buckie trawlers
Haul their herrin ower the side
I’ve helped tae build that michtie brig
That spans the bonnie Forth
Aye, wi mony an Angus fairmer’s rig
I hae ploo’ed the bonnie earth

I’ve aften bin by Galloway
An roun aboot Stranraer
Ma business taks me onywhere
I’ll traivel near an far
I hae that rovin notion
I wouldnae care tae loss
For it is ma daily fare
An as much’ll pay my doss.

I think I’ll gang tae Paddy’s Lan’
I’m makkin up my mind
For Scotland’s awfy changit
An I cannae raise the wind
I’ll put my trust in Providence
An if Providence proves true
I will sing tae ye o Erin’s Isle
When I cam hame tae you

I am happy in the simmer-time
Beneath the bricht bloo sky
Nae thinkin in the mornin
Whaur at nicht I’ll hae tae lie
In barn or byre or onywhaur
Dossin oot amangst the hay
And if the weather treats me richt
I am happy every day.

When I awoken frae ma dreams
The dawn hae’d jist begun
The wee birds sang their auld, auld sangs
Tae greet the risin sun
I lay amang the shadows
An I thocht o days land gang
An those wanderin tramps an hawker lads
Whose days were suirly done.

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from An Ownerless Corner of Earth, released February 27, 2020
Steve Byrne, guitar, vocals; Paul Anderson, fiddle

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