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Thread #35897   Message #2034526
Posted By: Rog Peek
24-Apr-07 - 01:38 PM
Thread Name: Origin: (I'm) A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Subject: RE: Help: (I'm a) A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
The version I pretty well copy when I'm singing this one is that by Dougie MacLean on the CRM album with Alex Campbell, Alan Roberts & Dougie MacLean.

Jock Stewart

Oh my name is Jock Stewart
An' I'm a canny young man
But a roving young fellow I've been

Chorus:
So be easy and free
When you're courtin' wi' me
I'm a man you'll no' meet every day

Though I've acres of land
I've got men at command
But my money I foolishly spent

chorus

So I took out my gun
With my dog I did go
All down by the banks of the Tay

chorus

So come fill up your glass
With whisky and beer
And no matter the cost I will pay

chorus

When it comes to the gun and the dog it's not atall controversial, a cold blooded dog murder or a quiet stroll along the banks of the Tay. You can choose your own ending.