[the pogues' version]

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Oh my name is jock stewart

I'm a canny gun man

And a roving young fellow i've been

So be easy and free

When you're drinking with me

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



I have acres of land

I have men at command

I have always a shilling to spare

So be easy and free

When you're drinking with me

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



So come fill up your glasses

Of brandy and wine

Whatever it costs i will pay

So be easy and free

When you're drinking with me

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



Well i took out my dog

And him i did shoot

All down in the county kildare

So be easy and free

When you're drinking with me

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



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These are the lyrics as they appear on the rum, sodomy, & the lash insert.





[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;

I have always a shilling to spare.



Now, i took out my gun,

With my dog i did shoot,

All down by the river kildare



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.



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 ve

O the dog doesn't get shot. it is alternatively claimed by the singing stewarts to have been written for bell's father.




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