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Thread #19093   Message #192905
Posted By: Metchosin
10-Mar-00 - 01:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Scottish Song 'The Gaffer'
Subject: Scottish Song 'The Gaffer'
I am trying to transcribe lyrics from some old Scottish 78 RPM records called "A Miner's Saturday Night" by the Joe Corrie's Players. There is a skit with a song on it called, I think, "The Gaffer".The recording is noisy and I am having trouble with the dialect, but the last verse sounds something like this:

The next thing to come
Was a hog fishing man
So I ??? and I ??? and followed his plan
And I finished it up
With me cap in the pawn
All to keep up with the gaffer
Oh its hard to keep up with the gaffer

Is anyone familiar with this song?