The Corries – Roving Journeyman (Guitar)

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I am a rovin' journeyman, I roam from toon tae toon,

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Whenever I get a job of work I'm willing to sit down

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Me kit's all on me shoulder and me graftin' tool in hand

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Around the country, I will go a rovin' journey-man.

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And when I come to Glasgow toon the lassies jump for joy,

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Says one unto another, "Well, here comes a rovin' boy."

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Some treat me to a bottle and the others to a dram.

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And the toast goes round the table, "Health unto the journey-man!"

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I hadna been in Glasgow toon a week but barely three

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Before the provost's daughter went and fell in love wi' me.

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She asked me for tae dine wi' her and took me by the hand

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And she proudly told her mother that she loved the journey-man

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"Ach, away ye go, ye silly maid, I'll hear ye speak no more,

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How can ye love a journeyman ye've never seen before?"

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"Oh mother sweet, I do entreat, I love him all I can,

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And around the country, I will go to see my journey-man!"

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Wi' yer linten adie toorin adie, linten adie tooral linten adie tooral linten addie ay,

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Pots and pans and helpin' hands will see you through the day

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Linten adie tooral ooral ooral adie ay

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Gie a penny tae the journeyman tae help him on his way.

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Ye'll need nae mair tae trudge on foot, ye'll hae a horse and pair,

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My wealth with thee and poverty contented I will share.

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So overflow the flowing bowl and drain it if ye can,

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Toast the provost's daughter and the rovin' journey-man.

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Oh, I am a rovin' journeyman, I roam from town to town,

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Whenever I get a job of work I'm willing to sit down

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Me kit's all on me shoulder and me graftin' tool in hand

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Around the country, I will go a rovin' journey-man