Lyr Req: Scottish Song 'The Gaffer'

Subject: Scottish Song 'The Gaffer'
From: Metchosin
Date: 10 Mar 00 - 01:00 AM

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?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song 'The Gaffer'
From: Metchosin
Date: 10 Mar 00 - 06:09 PM

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song 'The Gaffer'
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 06:40 PM

It might help if you could get hold of a copy of Joe Corrie's works, perhaps. Unfortunately, I don't have details for the copy I found in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, but I think the title was 'Collected Works' or 'Collected Poems'. - Susanne

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song 'The Gaffer'
From: Metchosin
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 08:01 PM

Thanks Susanne, I found a couple of his songs here but I haven't been able to dig up this one and I am not certain if Joe Corrie wrote it for the drama, or if he just included it from elsewhere. However I am sending the tape to Murray on Saltspring and he may be able to assist. I'll also see what I can do through the library here in Canada.