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[Chorus]
F
Come, a' ye tramps and hawker lads and gaitherers o' blaw
CFAm
That tramps this country roun' and roun', come listen ane and a'
CFAm
I'll tell tae ye a rovin' tale and sichts that I hae seen
CFC
Far up intae the snowy north and sooth by Gretna Green
[Verse]
F
I've seen the high Ben Nevis a-towerin' tae the moon
CFAm
I've been by Crieff and Callander and roun' by Bonny Doon
CFAm
And by the Nethy's silvery tide and places ill tae ken
CFC
Far up intae the stormy north lies Urquhart's fairy glen
[Chorus]
F
Come, a' ye tramps and hawker lads and gaitherers o' blaw
CFAm
That tramps this country roun' and roun', come listen ane and a'
CFAm
I'll tell tae ye a rovin' tale and sichts that I hae seen
CFC
Far up intae the snowy north and sooth by Gretna Green
[Instrumental]
CFCFAmCFAmCFC
[Verse]
F
Oft hae I laughed intae myself when trudgin' on the road
CFAm
Wi' a bag o' bla' upon by back, my face as bruin's a toad
CFAm
Wi' lumps o' cake and tattie scones and cheese and braxie ham
CFC
Nae thinking where I'm comin' frae or where I'm goin' tae gang
[Verse]
F
I'm happy in the summer time beneath the bricht blue sky
CFAm
Nae thinkin' in the morning', at nicht where I'm to lie
CFAm
Barns or byres or anywhere, or oot among the hay
CFC
And if the weather does permit, I'm happy every day
[Chorus]
F
Come, a' ye tramps and hawker lads and gaitherers o' blaw
CFAm
That tramps this country roun' and roun', come listen ane and a'
CFAm
I'll tell tae ye a rovin' tale and sichts that I hae seen
CFC
Far up intae the snowy north and sooth by Gretna Green
[Instrumental]
CFCFAmCFAmCFC
[Verse]
F
I've done my share of humpin' wi' the dockers on the Clyde
CFAm
I've helped the Buckie trawlers pu' the herrin' o'er the side
CFAm
I've helped to build the mighty bridge that spans the Firth o' Forth
CFC
And wi' mony Angus farmer's rig, I've ploughed the bonny earth
[Verse]
F
Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond have a' been kent by me
CFAm
The Dee, the Don, the Deveron that rushes tae the sea
CFAm
Dunrobin Castle, by the way, I nearly hae forgot
CFC
And aye, the rickle o' cairn marks at the house o' John o' Groats
[Chorus]
F
Come, a' ye tramps and hawker lads and gaitherers o' blaw
CFAm
That tramps this country roun' and roun', come listen ane and a'
CFAm
I'll tell tae ye a rovin' tale and sichts that I hae seen
CFC
Far up intae the snowy north and sooth by Gretna Green
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
F
I'm often 'roon by Gallowa' and doon about Stranraer
CFAm
My business leads me onywhere, I travel near and far
CFAm
I've got a rovin' notion, there's nothing that I loss
CFC
And a' my days my daily fare and what'll pay my doss
[Verse]
F
I think I'll go to Paddy's land, I'm makkin' up my mind
CFAm
For Scotland's greatly altered now, I canna raise the wind
CFAm
But I will trust in Providence, if Providence proves true
CFC
And I will sing o' Erin's isle 'ere I get back to you
[Chorus]
F
Come, a' ye tramps and hawker lads and gaitherers o' blaw
CFAm
That tramps this country roun' and roun', come listen ane and a'
CFAm
I'll tell tae ye a rovin' tale and sichts that I hae seen
CFC
Far up intae the snowy north and sooth by Gretna Green