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1. Well, I've been a Sunday driver noo for many's a happy year,
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I've never had my Morris Minor oot o' second
gear.
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I can drive at fifty miles an
hour on motorway or track,
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A
D
with
me wife up front beside me and her mother in the back.
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There was me and my daddy and
my daddy's mammy,
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and
her sister's Granny and four of her chums, and Auntie Jean.
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2. In a crowd of fifty trippers you can always pick me oot,
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by my
“Don't blame me, I voted Tory” sticker on the boot,
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wi' my bunch of heather stickin'
from my radiator grille,
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and
me stick-on transfer bullet holes and licence for tae kill.
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There was me and my daddy and
my daddy's mammy,
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and
her sister's Granny and four of her chums, and Auntie Peg.
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3. I've a hundred plastic pennants just to show you where I've been,
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my
steering wheel is clad in simulated leopard-skin.
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Up front fae
the drivin' mirror hangs a plastic skeleton,
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and in the back a dog wi'
eyes that flicker off and on !
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There was me and my daddy and
my daddy's mammy,
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and
her sister's Granny and four of her chums, and Auntie Lee.
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4. Well, I always drive as though my foot was restin'
on the brake,
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I weave aboot
the road just so's ye cannae overtake.
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I can get ye sae frustrated
that ye'll finish up in tears,
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and
the sound of blarin' motor horns is music to my ears !
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There was me and my daddy and
my daddy's mammy,
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and
her sister's Granny and four of her chums, and Auntie Liz.
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5. Now, if ye wonder how these weekly trips I can afford,
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it's
because I'm on a stipend from the Scottish Tourist Board.
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You're supposed tae enjoy the
scenery, the finest of it's kind,
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and
that is why I have a convoy followin' behind !
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There was me and my daddy and
my daddy's mammy,
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and
her sister's Granny and four of her chums, and Auntie Rose.
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6. There's just no way of escaping me, no matter how ye seek,
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for
the simple fact that I'm a traffic warden through the week.
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I'm boostin'
my efficiency, and here's my master plan :
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I'm savin'
up my pennies just to buy a Caravan.
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There was me and my daddy and
my daddy's mammy,
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and
her sister's Granny and four of her chums, and Auntie Gertrude.
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There was me and my daddy and
my daddy's mammy,
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and
her sister's Granny and four of her chums, “Yer gaun too fast”.
(orig. = capo 1st; midi = capo 3rd) (The
Corries)