Maybe it's stupid to reawake this again, but I found it better to use the old thread. At the net if found another version. Here: http://www.theballadeers.com/Lyrics_B2.htm (Scroll down a bit) Even though, the version I've heard with Alastair McDonald, is a mix of them both. Like this: There's a spot in Glasgae city that's well ken't the whole world o'er. It's mair famous than the Mona Lisa's face. It is visited by royalties and rascals by the score. Everybody knows the Barras is the place. Did you knaw St. Peter lost the keys to yon big pearly gates And he feart that he'd get flung oot o' his job Then a fly wee Glasgae angel said, ach Peter dinnae greet You can buy one at the barras for a bob Oh the barras, oh the barras, there's no in Rome or Paris Ye juist hae tae gae tae Glasgow's Gallowgate They sell tickets tae the moon, and a return for half-a-croon And five bob guarantees a first class seat You knaw how Samson lost his strength, Delilah cut his hair He was left as weak and baldy as a wean So he flitterd (?) oot tae Glasgae, tae the barras for a cure And he soon was strong and hairy once again When the Romans came tae Scotland, many donkeys years ago They got nae further than the Gallowgate For the lads who ran the Barras swapped them souvenirs for swords Then the fly wee Glasgow keelies had them bate Oh the barras, oh the barras, there's no in Rome or Paris Ye juist hae tae gae tae Glasgow's Gallowgate They sell tickets tae the moon, and a return for half-a-croon And five bob guarantees a first class seat Nou one day a Frenchman noticed that the Eiffel touer (it sounds like Toon, though) was gone The president when notified grew pale So he called oot all his gendarmes and they searched the hail world oer And they foond it at the barras oot for sale Noo before I close my story i will gi'e you some advice If you're efter something cheap or second-hand Take a trip up to the barras for there's none that can compare Tae the stuff they sell in Glasgow's barraland! Now, what is the real version? On the link I found, there is 2 verses more, are these original, or fake? Anyone knows what was the first original recording?
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