Come A' Ye Tramps An' Hawkers Lyrics

Celtic Folk Come A' Ye Tramps An' Hawkers

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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.