Scottish Tradition : An Teallach "When Yellow's On The Broom"

A song composed by Adam McNaughton as a tribute to Scotland's travelling people of a bygone age. Some of the photos are from Duncan Williamson's fine book "The Horsieman"

I ken ye dinna like it lass,
the winter here in toon
For the scaldies a miscry us,
and they try tae bring us doon
And it's hard tae raise three bairns,
in a single flae box room
But I'll tak ye on the road again,
when the yella's on the broom.

When the yella' s on the broom,
when the yella' s on the broom
I'll tak ye on the road again, when the yella's on the broom

The scaldies cry us tinker dirt,
and scorn oor bairn's in school
But fa cares fit the scaldies think,
the scaldie's but a fool
They never hear the yarlin's song,
nor see the flax in bloom
For they're aye cooped up in hooses
when the yella's on the broom

When the yella' s on the broom,
when the yella' s on the broom
I'll tak ye on the road again,
when the yella's on the broom

Nae sale for pegs or baskets noo,
so just to stay alive
W've had to take the scaldie jobs,
fae eight o' clock till five
But we ca' nae man oor maister,
when we own the warld roon
And we'll bid fareweel tae Breechin,
when the yella's on the broom

When the yella' s on the broom,
when the yella' s on the broom
I'll tak ye on the road again,
when the yella's on the broom

I'm weary for the springtime,
when we tak the road aince mair
Tae the plantin' and the pearlin',
and the berry fields O Blair
When we meet up wae oor kinfolk,
frae a the country roon
When the gang aboot folk tak' the road
when the yella's on the broom.

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