Come A Ye Tramps Lyrics

song lyrics Come A Ye Tramps An Hawkers lyrics     There are dozens of traditional verses to this one.  Which ones do you     know?  Add them in and let s see how far we can get.     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. song lyrics