Chords:
{t: Roving Journeyman, The } {key: D} {artist: The Corries} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s94z_FqeTOw {c: Thanks to Alan Maich} [D] [G] [D] [A7] [D] I [D] am a rovin' journeyman, I roam from toon tae [G] toon, Whenever [D] I get a job of work I'm [A] willing to sit [C] down Me [D] kit's all on me shoulder and me graftin' tool in [G] hand A-[D]round the country, [G] I will go a [D] rovin' [A7] journey-[D]man. And [C] when I come to [Am] Glasgow toon the [C] lassies jump for [G] joy, Says [D] one unto another, "Well, here [A] comes a rovin' [C] boy." Some [D] treat me to a bottle and the others to a [G] dram. And the [D] toast goes round the [G] table, "Health [D] unto the [A7] journey-[D]man!" I [D] hadna been in Glasgow toon a week but barely [G] three [D] Before the provost's daughter went and [A] fell in love wi' [C] me. She [D] asked me for tae dine wi' her and took me by the [G] hand And she [D] proudly told her [G] mother that she [D] loved the [A7] journey-[D]man "Ach, [C] away ye go, ye silly [Am] maid, I'll [C] hear ye speak no [G] more, How [D] can ye love a journeyman ye've [A] never seen be-[C]fore?" "Oh [D] mother sweet, I do entreat, I love him all I [G] can, And a-[D]round the country, [G] I will go to [D] see my [A7] journey-[D]man!" {soc} Wi' yer [C] linten adie [Am] toorin adie, [C] linten adie [Am] tooral linten [C] adie tooral [Am] linten addie [G] ay, [D] Pots and pans and helpin' hands will [A] see you through the [C] day [D] Linten adie tooral ooral ooral adie [G] ay Gie a [D] penny tae the [G] journeyman tae [D] help him [A7] on his [D] way. {eoc} Ye'll [D] need nae mair tae trudge on foot, ye'll hae a horse and [G] pair, My [D] wealth with thee and poverty [A] contented I will [C] share. So [D] overflow the flowing bowl and drain it if ye [G] can, [D] Toast the provost's [G] daughter and the [D] rovin' [A7] journey-[D]man. Oh, I [C] am a rovin' journey-[Am]man, I [C] roam from toon tae [G] toon, [D] Whenever I get a job of work I'm [A] willing to sit [C] down Me [D] kit's all on me shoulder and me graftin' tool in [G] hand A-[D]round the country, [G] I will go a [D] rovin' [A7] journey-[D]man