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nicky tams - ewan maccoll lyrics

when i was barely ten years auld i left the parish schule
my parents feed me to the mains, to chew his milk
and meal
i first put on my narrow breeks to hap my spinnel trams
and buskit roond my nappin’ knees a pair o’ nicky tams

it’s first i gaed for bailey’s loon and syne i got for third
and syne of course i had to get the horseman’s grip and word
a loaf o’ breid to be my piece and a bottle for drinking drams;
you couldna get through the cattle coort without your nicky tams

the fairmer i am wi’ the noo he’s wealthy but he’s mean;
tho’ corn’s cheap his horses thin, his harness fairly done;
he gars us load our cairts ower fu’, his conscience has nae qualms
when breist straps break there’s naithing like a pair o’ nicky tams

i’m coortin’ bonnie annie, noo, tho’ damsel ticht she be
she is five*and*forty and i’m but seventeen;
she clorts a muckle piece to me wi’ different kinds o’ jams
and tells me ilka nicht that she admires my nicky tams

ae mornin’ i put on my claes, the kirk for to gang
my collar it was unco ticht, my breeks were nane ower lang;
i had my bible in my hand, likewise my buik o’ psalms
when annie roars, “ye muckle gowk, tak’ aff your nicky tams!”
so unco sweir i took them off, the lassie for to please
but aye my breeks they birkit up aroond aboot my knees:
a rat gaed crawling up my leg in the middle o’ the psalms
never again will i ride the kirk without my nicky tams

i’ve often tho’t i’d like tae be a bobby on the force
or maybe i’ll get on the trams to drive a pair o’ horse
whatever it is that i’m tae be, the bobbys or the trams
i’ll never forget the happy days i wore my nicky tams!

- ewan maccoll lyrics

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