Robin Hall And Jimmie Macgregor - Nicky Tams Chords

Intro = D C D

Verse 1
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When I wis barely 12 'ears aul' I left the pairish skool
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Ma father fee'd me tae the mains tae chaw his milk an' meal
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I first pit on ma nerra breeks tae hap ma spin'le trams
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Then bucklet roond ma k-nappin' k-nees a pair o' nicky tams

Verse 2
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First I got on for bailie loon an then I got on for third
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An' yne of course I hid tae get the horseman's gripping word
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A loaf o' breid tae be ma piece a bottle for drinkin' drams
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Bit ye canna gae throo the calf-hoose door without yer nicky tams

Verse 3
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The fairmer I am wi' the noo he's wealthy but he's mean
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Though corn's cheap his horse is thin his hairness fairly deen
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He gars us load wir cairts aye fu' his conscience has nae qualms
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When breist-straps brak there's neething like a pair o' nicky tams

Verse 4
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I'm coortin' bonnie Annie noo Rob Tamson's kitchie-deem
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She is five-and-forty an' I am seiventeen
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She clorts a muckle piece tae me wi' different kin's o' jam
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An' she tells me ilke nicht that she admires ma nicky tams

Verse 5
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I' mornin' ah put on me claus the kirkie for tae gyang
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Ma collar it was unco ticht ma breeks were nane ower lang
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I had ma Bible in ma pooch likewise ma book o' Psalms
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Fan Annie roart "Ye muckle gype, tak' aff yer nicky tams"

Verse 6
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Though unco sweir I took them aff the lassie for tae please
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But aye ma breeks they lirket up aroon aboot ma knees
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A wasp gaed crawlin' up ma leg in the middle o' the Psalms
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An' nivir again will I rig the kirk withoot ma nicky tams

Verse 7
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I affen thocht I'd like tae be a bobby on the force
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Bit maybe I'll get on the cars tae drive a pair o' horse
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Wherever it's my lot tae be the bobbies or the trams
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I'll never forget the happy days I wore ma nicky tams