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Dunfermline Feein’ Mercat
Recorded on 'Half Ower, Half Ower tae Aberdour'
by Jack Beck
The Tradition Bearers - Scots Songs and Ballads Series LTCD1006

Come a’ ye jolly plooboy lads that work amangst the grund
and listen tae ma story weel, I’ll no’ detain ye long.
I’m nae as young as I used tae be, some say I’ve had ma fling,
but I feel jist like a five year auld when I begin tae sing, singing

Chorus:

Liltie falooralido toora loora lay
I’ll ca’ yer horse an’ I’ll muck yer nowt, I’ll big ye a rick o’ strae
I’m as happy as a lark frae morn tae dark, singing a’ the day o
liltie falooralido toora loora lay

At Dunfermline feein’ mercat listen tae whit I say
I fell in wi’ a lad ca’d Jakie Broon an’ he said hoo dae ye dae?
O ha’e ye got yer shillin’ yet, aye ha’e ye got yer fee?
I says noo Jakie Broon says I – come oan an’ I’ll let ye see, singing

So we baith gaed up tae DCI’s an’ then the fun began
we ordered steak an’ kidney pie, an’ lots o’ strawberry jam
an’ cam the time tae pey the fee, aye time tae pey the score
we did a polka roon’ the flair, an’ syne richt oot the door, singing

So cam a’ ye jolly plooboy lads that work amangst the grund
an’ dinna spend yer fee on ale, or cakes or Jakie Broon
but walk richt past aul’ DCI’s wi’ its cakes an’ its fancy meats
an’ spend yer fee on woollen hose, an’ guid shune fir yer feet, singing

 

 
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