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The Lonesome Scot
When in a foreign country
If some brother Scot you see
Who just came here frae Scotland
And he's feeling awful blue,
Just tap him on the shoulder
And say, your lonesome man, I see,
But come right hame along wae me
Tae a cup o' guid Scotch tea.
If some brother Scot you see
Who just came here frae Scotland
And he's feeling awful blue,
Just tap him on the shoulder
And say, your lonesome man, I see,
But come right hame along wae me
Tae a cup o' guid Scotch tea.
Chorus
Just a piece of bread and jelly
And a guid Scotch cup of tea,
Ye dinna ken tae a lonesome Scot
How hamelike ye can be,
If it's just a slice of toasted loaf
And the least wee bit of cheese,
It will make him feel that he's at hame
In a foreign countrie.
Just a piece of bread and jelly
And a guid Scotch cup of tea,
Ye dinna ken tae a lonesome Scot
How hamelike ye can be,
If it's just a slice of toasted loaf
And the least wee bit of cheese,
It will make him feel that he's at hame
In a foreign countrie.
Away back hame in Scotland
It's the custom there you see,
When yon gang tae a neighbor's house
The first thing you do see,
When e'er you step inside the door
The kettle they put on,
But you find it's awful different
When you're far away from home.
It's the custom there you see,
When yon gang tae a neighbor's house
The first thing you do see,
When e'er you step inside the door
The kettle they put on,
But you find it's awful different
When you're far away from home.
Just a piece of bread and jelly
And a guid Scotch cup of tea,
Ye dinna ken tae a lonesome Scot
How hamelike ye can be,
When far away frae Scotland
And the salt tea dims his eye,
[f he meets in wae a brither Scot
Who unto him will say.
And a guid Scotch cup of tea,
Ye dinna ken tae a lonesome Scot
How hamelike ye can be,
When far away frae Scotland
And the salt tea dims his eye,
[f he meets in wae a brither Scot
Who unto him will say.
Patter—Oh man, ye bet you life it will—ye see it's a custom they hae over there, a fashion, just a right hamely feeling that they've got and bonnie and ill pleased they are if ye don't sit doon alang wae them tae a cup of tea, and it's just like this, if ye was making twenty calls in a day i fifty of them ye would need tae sit doon in every house alang wae them if only tae.—Chorus.
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