[Lyrics: Beth Malcolm/Davie Robertson]
He was coorse, he was hertless
But boy, was he bonny
Oh and he was the star o’ the bar in his day
He was coorse, he was hertless
But boy, was he bonny
Oh and he was the star o’ the bar in his day
Hello, I was wondering
Can I wander with you all the way to the bar?
Hello, I was wondering
Can I wander with you, donder with you, all the way to the bar?
And I was reticent, ’cause I’m prejudiced
Against heaven sent folky men
And all your devilment is just my medicine
And you play me like a sweet strathspay
And I’ve been feeling so out of practice
And I heard you practicing before you played your tunes to the bar
And the folk police didn’t like what you did to the old songs
But I adored it
Hello, fit like a day
I’ve been too shy to shy that I mostly came to hear you play
It would seem that we sing in a similar key, drinking Aberfeldy
Til the Ben starts to spin
And I was reticent, ’cause I’m 90 per cent
Through with heaven sent folky men
But all your devilment makes that 10 per cent
Feel like money worth spending