found out at http://www.springthyme.co.uk/ in the guestbook archives.


I have been singing a song i heard 20 years. the origin of which I am unclear. It is a poem written by a woman in the north east of scotland sung to a pipe tune which I was told was 100 years old. I know it as the Last Tinker or perhaps the Dying Tinker. it starts

"Oh lay me doon in yon place lad
Whar the glomin's thick wi mist
I cannae see yer face weel lad
fir man eeyns is nae sae richt
For it's ower late fir leein
cause I ken fine I'm dyin
and the craw it seems near fleein
tae the end of the day..... "

The problem is I know 3 of the 4 verses and never picked up what I think is verse 3 which refers to the auld tinkers dog. Anyone out there know it? Gill
The Last Tinker"