This is an old thread, but I was searching for the song and found this, so I thought I'd post a clarification to one of the lines.

According to a post by Ian Benzie (former lead singer of Old Blind Dogs) on their message board, the words heard variously as "bad luck to the girl who gave him the blen" or "phlegm" should be "bad luck to the girlie fa gied [who gave] him the glim."

For anyone interested, their forum is at

http://pub16.ezboard.com/fnevermindforumsoldblinddogs