Noel McLoughlin - Tramps And Hawkers

Song of the album "20 Best Of Scotland" by the Irish singer Noel McLoughlin.

Tracklist:

01 - The Barnyards Of Delgaty
02 - Jock Stewart
03 - Mount And Go
04 - Dainty Davy
05 - Ye Jacobites By Name
06 - The Skye Boat Song
07 - The Bonnie Ship The Diamond
08 - Lizzie Lindsay
09 - Wild Mountain Thyme
10 - Rattlin' Roarin' Willie
11 - The Bonnie Lass O Fyvie
12 - Ye Banks And Braes
13 - McPherson's Lament
14 - Farewell To Tarwathie
15 - I'm A Rover
16 - Come By The Hills
17 - Nancy Whisky
18 - The Blantyre Explosion
19 - Tramps And Hawkers
20 - Mairi's Wedding

Lyrics:

Come all ye tramps and hawker lads and gatherers o' bla',
Who trap the country round and round, come listen one and all.
I'll tell to you a roving tale and sights that I have seen,
Far up into the snowy North and South by Gretna Green.

I have seen the high Ben Nevis a-towerin' to the moon,
I've been by Crieff and Callander and round by bonnie Doune.
And by the Nethy's silvery tides and places ill tae ken
Far up into the snowy North lies Urquhart's bonnie glen.

Aftimes I've laughed into myself when I'm trudging on the road,
With a bag of bla' upon my back, my face as brown as a toad,
With lumps of cakes and tattie scones and cheese and braxy ham,
Never thinking where I'm coming from nor where I'm gaun tae gang.

I'm happy in the summer time beneath the bright blue sky.
Nae thinking in the morning at night where I've tae lie.
Barns or byres or anywhere or out among the hay,
And if the weather does permit I'm happy every day.

Oh Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond, they have both been seen by me.
But Dee, the Don, the Deveron that hurries to the sea,
Dunrobin Castle, by the way, I nearly had forgot,
And aye the rickles of cairn marks the Hoose of John o'Groat.

I'm often round by Gallowa' or down about Stranraer,
My business leads me anywhere, sure I travel near and far.
I've got a rovin notion there's nothing what I loss,
And all my day's my daily fare and what will pay my doss.

I think I'll go tae Paddy's land, I'm makin' up my mind,
For Scotland's greatly altered now, sure I canna raise the win'.
But I will trust in Providence, if Providence proves true
And I will sing of Erin's Isle when I come back to you.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Noel
• McLoughlin
• tramps
• hawkers
• scottish
• scotland
• music
• traditional

[unclephil440]

Fantastic rendition. Thanks for sharing

[treboldetreshojas]

Thanks for the song