Misc Traditional – Tramps And Hawkers (Guitar)
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The lyrics are (more or less unchanged) taken from:
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/irish-folk-music/irish%20songs/Tramps%20and%20Hawkers.htm
The Chords fit the version I like to play, of this song. (I'm most inspired by the Corries-version,
but also by the Dubliners) I usually play it with capo somewhere around the 3rd fret.
G Am G C O come a´ ye tramps and hawker-lads an´ gaitherers o´ bla´ G Em G Em That tramp the country roun´ and roun´, come listen one and a´ G Em G Em I´ll tell tae ye a rovin´ tale, o´ sights that I hae seen G G7 Am G C G Far up into the snowy north, or sooth by Gretna Green. G Am G C I´ve seen the high Ben Nevis a-towerin´ tae the moon G Em G Em I´ve been roun´ by Crieff an´ Callander an roun´ by Bonny Doon G Em G Em I´ve seen Loch Ness's silvery tide an´ places ill tae ken G G7 Am G C G Far up into the stormy north lies Urquart´s fairy glen G Am G C Ofttimes I laugh tae mysel´ as I wander alang the road G Em G Em My toerags round my blistered feet, my face as broun´s a toad G Em G Em Wi´ lumps o´cheese and tattie-scones or breid an´ braxie ham G G7 Am G C G Nae thinking whar´ I´m comin´ frae nor thinkin´ whar I´m gang. G Am G C I've done my share of humpin' wi' the dockers on the Clyde G Em G Em I've helped the Buckie trawlers hawl the herrin' o'er the side G Em G Em I've helped to build the mighty bridge that spans the Firth o' Forth G G7 Am G C G And wi' mony Angus farmer's rig I've plowed the bonny earth G Am G C I´m happy in the summer-time beneath the dark blue sky G Em G Em Nae thinkin´ in the mornin´ where at nicht i´m gang to lie G Em G Em In barn or byre or anywhere dossing out among the hay G G7 Am G C G And if the weather treats me right, I´m happy every day. G Am G C Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond, they´ve oft been seen by me G Em G Em The Dee, the Don, the Devron, that a´ flows tae the sea G Em G Em Dunrobin Castle, by the way, I nearly had forgot G G7 Am G C G And the reckless stanes o´cairn that mairks the hoose o´ John o´ Groat. G Am G C I´ve been by bonny Gallowa´, an´ often roun´ Stranraer G Em G Em My business leads me anywhere, I travel near an´ far G Em G Em I´ve got that rovin´ notion I wouldna like tae loss G G7 Am G C G For It´s my daily fare an´ as much´ll pay my doss. G Am G C I think I´ll gang tae Paddy´s Lan´, I´m makin´ up my mind G Em G Em For Scotland´s greatly altered noo, I canna raise the wind G Em G Em But I will trust in Providence, and Providence be true G G7 Am G C G I´ll sing ye´ o´ Erin´s Isle when I come back to you.