Come A' Ye Tramps An' Hawkers Lyrics - Singles - Celtic Folk

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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.