Key: Eb major
Verse 1
the Glasgow poet Edwin Morgan paid tribute to
the memory of Matt McGinn,
Gm
a merry man with a tinge of bitter melancholy,
a minstrel who helped us to
see the changing figures
in life's pageant.
G
Gm
And though the book of Matt's life
is now closed,
his songs continue to illuminate
the shadow show.
Stramash would like now
to introduce you
acters from Matt's cast.
No, a deed man seldom walks.
G
C
It's no very often
you'll see him running around.
But I am a refugee,
free of graveyard and dundee,
in Glasgow Toon.
I've come to haunt some hooses
in Glasgow Toon
G
C
Now the reason I arose,
For it really gets hell
of a cold below the ground
And I whispered to myself,
ach I think I might as well
Hang around for a while
and haze some fun
I'll hang around for a
while and have some fun
Now a chap put out his light
on a cold and frosty night
I showed him one of my eyes
and I skelped his head
He says, oh, and I says, boo
He says, who the hell are you?
I says, don't be feared,
I'm only a man that's dead
F#m
C#m
Oh no, don't be feared,
and this is what he said,
Why in the name of God
have ye pecked on me?
So I battered him on the lug,
and I pulled away his rug,
D
C#m
The reason I says is just to let ye see,
A
C#m
The reas on I says is just to let ye see.
Well, he brought the polis in,
and I belted him on the chin.
The polis turned around
and he blamed my friend.
And he marched him off the jail,
G
C#m
and he'll be in there quite a while.
D
But I'll see naebody taxi single, and, oh no,
C#m
D
I'll see naebody taxi single, and.
F#m
D
and a lot of people laughed
ghost was in his hoose
D
D
I'm still on the loose
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