Pogues - I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day Lyrics
[the pogues version]---------------------------------------Oh my name is jock stewartIm a canny gun manAnd a roving young fellow Ive beenSo be easy and freeWhen youre drinking with meIm a man you dont meet every dayI have acres of landI have men at commandI have always a shilling to spareSo be easy and freeWhen youre drinking with meIm a man you dont meet every daySo come fill up your glassesOf brandy and wineWhatever it costs I will paySo be easy and freeWhen youre drinking with meIm a man you dont meet every dayWell I took out my dogAnd him I did shootAll down in the county kildareSo be easy and freeWhen youre drinking with meIm a man you dont meet every day---These are the lyrics as they appear on the rum, sodomy, & the lash insert.[jock stewart]--------------------------------------Now, my name is jock stewartIm a canny gaun man,And a roving young fellow, Ive been.So be easy and freeWhen youre drinkin wi me.Im a man you dont meet every day.I have acres of land;I have men at command;I have always a shilling to spare.Now, I took out my gun,With my dog I did shoot,All down by the river kildareIm a piper by tradeAnd a roving young bladeAnd many a tune I do playLet us catch well the hoursAnd the minutes that flyAnd well share them together this daySo, come fill up your glassesOf brandy and wine,And whatever the cost, I will pay.The song is an irish narrative ballad that has been shortened to an aberdeenshire drinking song. it is essentially jeannie robertsons version, slightly modified by archie fisher in the third veO the dog doesnt get shot. it is alternatively claimed by the singing stewarts to have been written for bells father.
