Come A` Ye Tramps An` Hawkers — текст песни (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.