Testo Edinburgh Toon - North Sea Gas
Testo della canzone Edinburgh Toon (North Sea Gas), tratta dall'album Edinburgh Toon
I was tae Edinburgh Toon frae the Hielands I came
Tae prosper in business, Helen Ross was my name
In a fine house in the Cana-gie I took myself a room
'Midst the titles and the gentry of Edinburgh Toon
With a letter of introduction and a small amount of gold
I was about tae make my mark, I was young and I was bold
I flattered the ladies and I made fun with the gents
And my presence was requested at all the fine events
But I tired o' the gentry, bein' a lad o' the land
The dining and the wining, it all became so bland
I started roving out to the Cowgate and Westport
Bad behaviour and bad company I started tae court
Down in the House there was music, there was fun
And I soon became acquainted with ale and rum
Midst the frolicking and gambling, by fate or just by chance
It was there that we met, how we laughed, how we danced
She riled me, she beguiled me, she robbed me of my sense
She teased me and she pleased me, well, I had no defence
I was lost like a fool, I didn't even care
A wild gypsy child with the long raven hair
I knew from the first she'd be the ruin of me
Her form was firm and perfect, her hair was wild and free
As I lay down beside her night after night
She drank all me spirits and she took all my pie
Been weakened by the drink, been drained of my soul
I was lost in a half world, I was out of control
And the money I was squandering was not of my own
It belonged to my laird, it was only a loan
To Mary King's close for rooming we upped and we went
Fleeing my fine lodgings for fear o' the rent
She taught me all the sneakin' ways of how to steal a purse
From the day that I met the girl I was plainly cursed
So the thieving and the robbing soon became our way
We were out and about our evil work by night and every day
But we would gamble or spoil if not we'd drink it dry
And we became more desperate as each day went by
She riled me, she beguiled me, she robbed me of my sense
She teased me and she pleased me, well, I had no defence
I was lost like a fool, I didn't even care
A wild gypsy child with the long raven hair
So down by the West Bow on a deep wintery night
Was there a drunken merchant came into our sight
We would rob him of his money and things we could exchange
In that moment of madness my life would be changed
Well, I hit him too hard, it's easy now to tell
He staggered, fell and died by the old bore well
She snatched his money bag and took off like a hare
I was wrestled to the ground and taken there and then
Now I'm rotting away in the old Tolbooth Cell
In the vile damp and dark and the rat-streak from hell
Be fed on nothing more than some water and some bread
Found guilty of the murder I'll be hung until I'm dead
In my dreams every night I still see her smile
Oh, God save the man who meets the Devil's own child
I wish I had stayed amongst the heather and the broon
Far, far away from old Edinburgh Toon
She riled me, she beguiled me, she robbed me of my sense
She teased me and she pleased me, well, I had no defence
I was lost like a fool, I didn't even care
A wild gypsy child with the long raven hair
She riled me, she beguiled me, she robbed me of my sense
She teased me and she pleased me, well, I had no defence
I was lost like a fool, I didn't even care
A wild gypsy child with the long raven hair
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Writer(s): David Barrie Gilfillan
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