The Roving Journeyman

Oh, I am a rovin' journeyman I roam from town to town
Whenever I get a job of work I'm willing to sit down
My kit's all on my shoulders and my graftin' tool in hand
And around the country I will go a roving journeyman
Whenever I come tae Glasgow Toon lassies jump for joy
Says one unto the other, "well here comes a rovin' boy"
Some treat me to a bottle and the others to a dram
And that toast goes round the table health unto the journeyman

I hadn'a been in Glasgow at Toon a week but are rarely three
Before the provosts daughter went and fell in love wie me
She asked me for to dine wie her an'took me and by the hand
And she proudly told her mother that she loved the journeyman
"Ach away ye go ye silly maid I'll hear you speak nae more
How can you love a journeyman you've never seen before?"
"Mother sweet I so entreat I love him all I can
And around the country I will go to see my journeyman"

Wi' yer lintern addie, toorin addie linten addie aye
Pots and pans and helping hands will see you through the day
Linten addie tooral ooral ooral addie aye
Gie a penny tae the journeyman tae help him on his way

You need nae tae trudge on foot you'll have a horse and pair
My wealth with thee and poverty contented I will share
So overflow the flowing bowl and drain it if you can
Toast the provosts daughter and the a roving journeyman
I am are roving journeymen I roam from town to town
Whenever I get a job of work I'm willing to sit down
My kits all on my shoulders and my grafting Tool in hand
And around the country I will goal a rovin' journeyman