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Thread #91161   Message #1903148
Posted By: eddie1
08-Dec-06 - 01:03 AM
Thread Name: Req:Undocumented gems about Life in West Scotland
Subject: Lyr Add: THE WAVERLEY POLKA (Jim Brown)
The Waverley Polka (by Jim Brown of Cumbernauld)

Chorus:
Sailing doon the Clyde on the Waverley,
A grand old boat is the Waverley,
She'll take ye doon tae Rothesay and be back for tea,
The way that she did when you were wee.

When the buskers played at the after end,
The kind of tunes that were the trend,
You were always sure tae meet wi' a friend
Afore you left the quay. Oh -

When you watched the paddles going round and round
And heard the engines thumping sound
Then your young happy heart would start tae pound
At the thought of reaching the sea

And the shipyard lads would wave "hallo"
When building ships was all the go
With a dozen shipyards in a row
But noo there's barely three

Now a boat marina soon, they say
For the Glasgow docks where the big ships lay
Where the rich folks all can sport and play
Wi their ain wee Waverleys

And everything is "North Sea Oil"
Where lads fae here have gone tae toil
But tae that wee boat we'll aye be loyal
'Cause there's only one Waverley

The tune apparently is "Miss Campbell's Polka"

Eddie