OK Mickey Joe, you owe me.....lol. The song is on Deaf Shepherd's "Synergy" album, according to the sleeve notes these are the lyrics.


PAWKIE PAITERSON
(Words by - John Ballantyne)

As aw was gaun up Hawick Loan
Yeh Monanday at morn
Aw heard a puir aulg grey meer
Gi'e mony a heavy groan
Gi'e mony a heavy groan, sir
And this she said tae mei
Aw'm Pawkie Paiterson's auld grey yaud
Sei how they're guidin' mei

The miller o' Hawick Mill bred mei
And that Aw du weel ken
The miller o' Hawick Mill fed mei
Wi' mony a sort o' corn
But now the case is altered
And this ye plainly sei
Aw'm Pawkie Paiterson's auld grey yaud
Sei how they're guidin' mei

When a' the rest's set tae the corn
Aw'm set oot tae the fog
When a' the rest's set tae the haye
Aw'm set oot tae the bog
As aw gaed intae Hawick Moss
'Twas like tae swally mei
Aw'm Pawkie Paiterson's auld grey yaud
Sei how they're guidin' mei

And as for Nellie Harkness
She rises in the morn
And cries "O Godsake, Uncle
The yaud's amang the corn"
Hei tuik his muckle pleugh-staff then
And cam and swabbled mei
Aw'm Pawkie Paiterson's auld grey yaud
Sei how they're guidin' mei

There's auld Rab Young o' the Back Raw
Hei's of'en shod ma clutes
Sae Aw wull leave him ma shank banes
Tae bei a pair o' butes
If hei pushes his legs weel in them
They'll come up tae his knei
Aw'm Pawkie Paiterson's auld grey yaud
Sei how they're guidin' mei

And as for Peggy Duncan
She is a bonnie lass
Aw'll leave her my auld een holes
Tae bei a keekin' gless
Tae gar her een sei streichter
For the of'en stand aglei
Aw'm Pawkie Paiterson's auld grey yaud
Sei how they're guidin' mei

As for the minister o' Wilton
His coat is worn gey thin
And for tae keep him frae the cauld
Aw'll leave hime ma auld skin
Wi' hide and hair tae keep him warm
As lang as it's dune mei
Aw'm Pawkie Paiterson's auld grey yaud
Sei how they're guidin' mei

And as for Staney Stewart
Hei's of'en scarce o' stanes
And for tae mend his auld fail dykes
Aw'll leave him ma auld banes
And a' the Callants o' Hawick Loan
Wull make bane-fires o' mei
Aw'm Pawkie Paiterson's auld grey yaud
Sae that's the end o' mei


From the sleeve notes again - This is a humorous song about an old Hawick personality learned from Henry Douglas, a fine singer from Howahill Farm near Hawick in the Scottish borders. He and his wife forced alcohol and sandwiches down the throats of Malcolm McEwan (another fine local singer) and John during a night of song-swapping at the Douglas farm. The Scots word "Pawkie" means sly and sneaky but not usually in a nasty sense - more lucky than anything else. It is often used as a nickname and presumably that is how it is used in this song title. It can be found in "The Hawick Songs" sponsored by the Hawich Callants Club and published by Mozart Allan in 1957.


Wow that was longer than I thought. I hope it helps you.

All the best


Nynia


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