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 | The Poetical Works of Andrew Lang |  |
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Waitin' on the Glesca' Train
When the holidays come roun'
And on pleasure ye are boun',
For the Trossachs, Brig o' Allan or Dunblane;
You'll be sometimes keepit waitin'
When ye hear the porter statin'
That ye're waitin' on the Glesca' train.
Chorus
And on pleasure ye are boun',
For the Trossachs, Brig o' Allan or Dunblane;
You'll be sometimes keepit waitin'
When ye hear the porter statin'
That ye're waitin' on the Glesca' train.
Tak' yer time—tak' yer time!
With indifference sublime,
Ye may watch the people hurry micht an' main;
Just tak' a seat an' wait,
For ye canna be ower late,
When ye're waitin' on the Glesca' train.
With indifference sublime,
Ye may watch the people hurry micht an' main;
Just tak' a seat an' wait,
For ye canna be ower late,
When ye're waitin' on the Glesca' train.
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It's attended wi' expense,
For a lad o' ony sense—
If it's wet or cauld or looks like rain—
The interval mon' fill
Wi' a mutchkin or a gill
When he's waitin' for the Glesca' train.
For a lad o' ony sense—
If it's wet or cauld or looks like rain—
The interval mon' fill
Wi' a mutchkin or a gill
When he's waitin' for the Glesca' train.
Chorus.
There's a frien' o' mine—Mackay—
Constitutionally dry,
Thocht that he had just got time to tak' a drain;
But he somehow lost his way,
An' he's no' foun' to this day,
A' wi' waitin' on the Glesca' train.
Constitutionally dry,
Thocht that he had just got time to tak' a drain;
But he somehow lost his way,
An' he's no' foun' to this day,
A' wi' waitin' on the Glesca' train.
Chorus.
I was ettlin'
at Kinross,
Where the train is kin' o' cross,
And Bradshaw's no' that easy to explain,
And what was left o' me
Was just coupit at Dundee,
A' wi' waitin' on the Glesca' train.
Where the train is kin' o' cross,
And Bradshaw's no' that easy to explain,
And what was left o' me
Was just coupit at Dundee,
A' wi' waitin' on the Glesca' train.
Chorus.
But the ploy has merit whiles,
For a sonsie lassie's smiles
Had entrappit aince ma frien' Maclean;
But Maclean he got off it,
For the lass was lost at Moffat,
A' wi' waitin' on the Glesca' train.
For a sonsie lassie's smiles
Had entrappit aince ma frien' Maclean;
But Maclean he got off it,
For the lass was lost at Moffat,
A' wi' waitin' on the Glesca' train.
Chorus.
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There's occasions when I think
That the interests o' drink
Is the notion that directors entertain;
And that's may be why ye're waitin',
When ye hear the porter statin'
That ye're waitin' on the Glesca' train.
That the interests o' drink
Is the notion that directors entertain;
And that's may be why ye're waitin',
When ye hear the porter statin'
That ye're waitin' on the Glesca' train.
Chorus
Tak' yer time—tak' yer time!
With indifference sublime,
Ye may watch the people hurry micht an' main;
Just tak' a seat an' wait,
For ye canna be ower late,
When ye're waitin' on the Glesca' train.
With indifference sublime,
Ye may watch the people hurry micht an' main;
Just tak' a seat an' wait,
For ye canna be ower late,
When ye're waitin' on the Glesca' train.
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