JOCK STEWART



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Now, my name is Jock Stewart

I'm a canny gaun man,

And a roving young fellow, I've been.



So be easy and free

When you're drinkin wi' me.

I'm a man you don't meet every day.



I have acres of land;

I have men at command;

(And)

I have always a shilling to spare.

(And many )



Now, I took out my gun,

With my dog I did shoot,

All down by the River Kildare

(banks of the Try)



I'm a piper by trade

And a roving young blade

And many a tune I do play



Let us catch well the hours

And the minutes that fly

And we'll share them together this day



So, come fill up your glasses

Of brandy and wine,

And whatever the cost, I will pay.



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The song is an Irish narrative ballad that has been shortened to

an Aberdeenshire drinking song. It is essentially Jeannie

Robertson's version, slightly modified by Archie Fisher in the

third verse so the dog doesn't get shot. It is alternatively

claimed by the Singing Stewarts to have been written for Bell's

father.



Recorded by Archie Fisher on "The Man With A Rhyme," Folk

Legacy, FSS-61, Copyright 1976.



The fourth and fifth verses are from the singing of Ian McGregor



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