The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77666   Message #1392702
Posted By: Jim Dixon
29-Jan-05 - 07:00 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Song of the Hammers
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Welder of Clyde? Scottish...
Well, here is my feeble attempt at a transcription from the sound sample. "*" marks the words I'm unsure of:

Ah, the women* take the wages from the man that takes a tram*,
And the devil takes the wages from the man that takes a dram*.
It's one way or the other for a man that's in his prime,
If he yokes* up on a Sunday lookin' for the double time.

Ordinarily, a good strategy at this point would be to take a phrase or two from these lyrics, and use them to search with Google. I have done that, and come up with nothing.