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Recorded
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by Tom Spiers |
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Tradition Bearers - Scots Songs and Ballads Series LTCD1005 |
Nae winner the times mak us a’ discontentit
For faith the peer fairmers they’ve cause tae complain
Their meal is cheap sellin, their fairms are high rentit
And sma is the profit fan sellin their grain
Wi one thing or anither, likewise the bad wither
An the crops torn doon wi the torrents o rain
The cattle that’s parkit will nae tak the mairkit
We’ll jist tak them in for a twelvemonth again
Aye an yon cursit gentry, they walk oot on sentry
An they coont ilka plack an bawbie they ain
They walk oot at their leisure, an lie up at their pleasure
Jist like Solomon’s lilies, they card not nor spin
But we’ll fill up a nappie and tak a wee drappie
An we’ll aye be contentit far iver we go
Nae langer this nation will thole the oppression
The laird and his factor we will overthrow.
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Notes:
There was another verse (verse 3) which was sentimental twaddle,
so I left it out. I have
changed the words slightly to fit in more naturally with my vocabulary,
without changing the meaning. Greig~Duncan Vol.3, No.435.
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