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Something you dont see much in Scotland now is the Tramps and Hawkers who travelled the country selling their wares or services door to door.


Tramps An' Hawkers



Oh' Come a' ye tramps an' hawker lads an' gaitherers o' blaw

That tramps the country roon an' roon, come listen one an' a'

I'll tell to you a rovin' tale o' sechts that I hae seen

Far into the snowy North an' South by Gretna Green.



2. It's oft I've laughed untie mysel' when traivlin' on the road

Two rags roon' my twisted feet; my face as broon's a toad

Wi' lumps o' cake an' tattie scones, wi' cheese an' braxie ham

Ne'er gi'in' a thoucht tae whaur I've been, nor less to whaur I'm guan.



3. I've done my share o' humpin' wi' the dockers on the Clyde

I helped them Buckie trawlers haul the herrin' ower the side

I helped tae build the mechty bridge that spans the busy Forth

An' wi' many Angus fairmers rig I've plood the bonny earth.



4. I'm happy in the simmertime beneath the brecht blue sky

No' thinkin' in the mornin' whaur at necht I'll hae tae lie

In barn or byre or onywhaur oot aman the hay

An if the weather treats me right, I'm happy every day.



5. I'm guan back tae Paddy's Land; I'm makin' up my mind

For Scotland's greatly altered noo I canna raise the wind

But I can trust in Providence an' Providence proves true

I'll sing ye a' o' Erin's Isle when I come back tae you.



6. Come a' ye tramps an' hawker lads an' gaitherers o' blaw

That tramps the country roon an' roon, come listen one an' a'

I'll tell to you a rovin' tale o' sechts that I hae seen

Far into the snowy North an' South by Gretna Green.


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