Date: Tue, 25 Nov 97 13:04:17 MET
From: Pietro Donatini
Subject: I’m a man you don’t meet every day by Pogues
Song : I’M A MAN YOU DON’T MEET EVERY DAY
Artist : The Pogues
Author : (Trad. Arr. The Pogues)
Album : Rum Sodomy and the Lash (1985)
From : [email protected] (Pietro Donatini)
G D G C
Oh my name is Jock Stewart I’m a canny gun man
G D G D
And a roving young fellow I’ve been
So be easy and free when you’re drinking with me
I’m a man you don’t meet every day
I have acres of land I have men at command
I have always a shilling to spare
So be easy ….
So come fill up your glasses of brandy and wine
Whatever it costs I will pay
So be easy …
Well I took out my dog and him I did shoot
All down in the county Kildare
So be easy …
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I took the lyrics from the back of the album
but the deep meaning of the song (if it has one)
is still quite obscure to me. By the way … what
does ‘canny gun’ mean?
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