Misc Traditional – Jock Hawks Adventures In Glasgow (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
      G
Ah tae Glesga toun I gaed ae nicht tae spend a penny fee,

C                    G                C           D
A bonnie wee lass she gied consent tae bear me company.

G                                 D
Hooch on linkie doo, linkie doodle day,

C       G               D   C   G
Hooch on linkie doodle too rye ae.
[Verse 2]
       G
Weel we wandered doun Jamaica Street doun by the Broomielaw,

   C                  G                C              D
The organ lads played rich and sweet and fiddlers een or twa.

G                                 D
Hooch on linkie doo, linkie doodle day,

C       G               D   C   G
Hooch on linkie doodle too rye ae.
[Verse 3]
       G
Weel we gaed intae a tavern and ordered up some gin,

   C                  G          C              D
Aa the folk aboot the place they smiled as we cam in.

G                                 D
Hooch on linkie doo, linkie doodle day,

C       G               D   C   G
Hooch on linkie doodle too rye ae.
[Verse 4]
       G
Weel we hadna been in there an hour fan in cam half a score,

   C                G                 C           D
O sailor lads and quines sae braw we’d never seen afore.

G                                 D
Hooch on linkie doo, linkie doodle day,

C       G               D   C   G
Hooch on linkie doodle too rye ae.
[Verse 5]
       G
Weel I bocht them each a gless o gin, they drank it aff sae free,

     C                  G                C              D
Ilka een they drunk success tae the bonnie wee lassie and me.

G                                 D
Hooch on linkie doo, linkie doodle day,

C       G               D   C   G
Hooch on linkie doodle too rye ae.
[Verse 6]
        G
Weel the nicht gaed on wi mirth and sang till daylicht did appear,

     C                G              C            D
Syne up come their bosun says, “All hands on deck appear.”

G                                 D
Hooch on linkie doo, linkie doodle day,

C       G               D   C   G
Hooch on linkie doodle too rye ae.
[Verse 7]
        G
Weel the sailors took a pairtin gless the lassies said, “Goodbye.”

    C               G                  C                 D
The hindmost een as he gaed oot says, “Jock ye’ve aa tae pey.”

G                                 D
Hooch on linkie doo, linkie doodle day,

C       G               D   C   G
Hooch on linkie doodle too rye ae.
[Verse 8]
         G
Weel they’ve taen fae me ma watch and chain and they’ve taen fae me ma knife,

     C                    G              C               D
It’s a wunner they hanna taen fae me ma wee bit spunk o life.

G                                 D
Hooch on linkie doo, linkie doodle day,

C       G               D   C   G
Hooch on linkie doodle too rye ae.
[Verse 9]
      G
Weel I cam intae this world a bairn, sae nakit and sae bare,

           C            G                     C             D
And I’ll ging oot the same fae Glesga, I’ll never ging nae mair.

G                                 D
Hooch on linkie doo, linkie doodle day,

C       G               D   C   G
Hooch on linkie doodle too rye ae.
[Verse 10]
     G
So come aa ye jolly plooman lads, a warnin tak fae me,

       C                G            C         D
Never ging tae Glesgae toun, ye’re better in Lochee.

G                                 D
Hooch on linkie doo, linkie doodle day,

C       G               D   C   G
Hooch on linkie doodle too rye ae.

G                                 D
Hooch on linkie doo, linkie doodle day,

C       G               D   C   G
Hooch on linkie doodle too rye ae.