Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice

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We sang an eclectic selection of songs in the Ghillies folk group. Just around the corner from the flat in Gilmore Place where most of us stayed was the Glen Elg hotel and we used to fill the bar every Friday night. We also sang at folk clubs and at benefit concerts to raise funds for the Scottish National Party (SNP). We only had one born and bred Scotsman in the group but nobody ever questioned our ethnicity when we sang Scottish songs.

Oot o' the East there came a hard man
Oh oh, a' the way frae Brigton
Ah ha-aw, glory hallelujah
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

He went intae a pub, an' he cam oot paralytic
Oh oh, VP an' cider
Ah ha-aw, helluva mixture ...
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Does this bus go tae the Dennistoun Palais
Oh oh I'm looking for a lumber
Ah ha-aw, glory hallelujah ...
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

In the dancin' he met Hairy Mary
Oh oh, the floo'er o' the Gorbals
Ah ha-aw, glory hallelujah ...
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

I said to Hairy Mary, are ye dancin'
Naw, naw, it's jist the way ah'm stannin'
Ah ha-aw, glory hallelujah ...
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

I said to Hairy Mary, yer wan in a million
Oh oh, so's yer chances
Ah ha-aw, glory hallelujah ...
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

I said to Hairy Mary, can ah run ye hame
Oh oh, ah've got a pair o' sandshoes
Ah ha-aw, yer helluva funny ...
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Doon through the back close an' intae the dunny
It wasnae for the first time
Ah ha-aw, glory hallelujah ...
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Then oot cam her mammy, she's goin' tae the cludgie
Oh oh, ah buggered off sharpish
Ah ha-aw, glory hallelujah ...
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

And now Hairy Mary is looking for her hard man
Oh oh, he's jined the Foreign Legion
Ah ha-aw, Sahara an' ra camels ...
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Now Hairy Mary had a little baby
Oh oh, its faither's in the Army
Ah ha-aw, glory hallelujah ...
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

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