Long live Matt McGinn!


THE DUNDEE GHOST

Noo a deid man seldom walks; he very rarely talks. [dead]
It's no very often you'll find him runnin' aroond,
But I am a refugee frae a graveyard in Dundee,
And I've come tae haunt some hooses in Glesga Toon.
I've come tae haunt some hooses in Glesga Toon.

The reason I arose was to get masel' some clothes,
For it really gets helluva cold below the grund,
But I whispered tae masel', "Ach, I think I might as well
Hang aroond for a while and hae some fun,
Hang aroond for a while and hae some fun."

A man put oot his light on a cold and wintery night.
I showed him one o' ma eyes and slapped his heid.
He says "Oh", and I says "boo". He says, "Who the hell are you?"
I says, "Don't be feart; I'm only a man that's deid. [afraid]
Don't be feart; I'm only a man that's deid."

Noo the fella knelt and prayed, and this is what he said:
"Why, in the name o' God have you picked on me?"
So I pulled away his rug and I skelped him one on the lug. [ear]
"The reason," says I, "I'll very soon let you see".
"The reason," says I, "I'll very soon let you see".

When he brought the polis in, I belted him one on the chin. [police(man)]
The polis turned aroond and he blamed my friend.
He marched him tae the jile; he'll be in there quite a while, [off to gaol]
But I'll see naebody taks his single end. [House of one apartment, flat]
I'll see naebody taks his single end.

Noo the polis thoucht him daft, and a lot o' people laughed
When the fella said a ghost was in his hoose,
But whit the fella said was true, and I might be visitin' you,
So just remember, I'm still on the loose.
Just remember, I'm still on the loose.


Jim Carroll