Songtext I'm a man you don't meet every day Pogues

I'm a man you don't meet every day

[the pogues version]
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Oh my name is jock stewart
Im a canny gun man
And a roving young fellow Ive been
So be easy and free
When youre drinking with 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
So be easy and free
When youre drinking with me
Im a man you dont meet every day

So come fill up your glasses
Of brandy and wine
Whatever it costs I will pay
So be easy and free
When youre drinking with me
Im a man you dont meet every day

Well I took out my dog
And him I did shoot
All down in the county kildare
So be easy and free
When youre drinking with me
Im a man you dont meet every day

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These are the as they appear on the rum, sodomy, & the lash insert.

[jock stewart]
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Now, my name is jock stewart
Im a canny gaun man,
And a roving young fellow, Ive been.

So be easy and free
When 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 kildare

Im a piper by trade
And a roving young blade
And many a tune I do play

Let us catch well the hours
And the minutes that fly
And well share them together this day

So, come fill up your glasses
Of 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 ve
O the dog doesnt get shot. it is alternatively claimed by the singing stewarts to have been written for bells father.