I’m a man you don’t meet every day (1985)    (video)

 

    Instrumental intro = verse 1, lines 1 & 2

 

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1. Oh, my name is Jock Stewart, I'm a canny gun man,

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    and a roving young fellow I've been.

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    So be easy and free when you're drinking with me,

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    I'm a man you don't meet every day.

 

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2. I have acres of land, I have men at command,

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    I have always a shilling to spare.

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    So be easy and free when you're drinking with me,

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    I'm a man you don't meet every day.

 

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3. So come fill up your glasses of brandy and wine,

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    whatever it costs I will pay.

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    So be easy and free when you're drinking with me,

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    I'm a man you don't meet every day.

 

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+  instrumental = verse 3, lines 1 & 2

 

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4. Well, I took out my dog and him I did shoot,

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    all down in the county Kildare.

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    So be easy and free when you're drinking with me,

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    I'm a man you don't meet every day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5. So come fill up your glasses of brandy and wine,

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    whatever it costs I will pay.

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    So be easy and free when you're drinking with me,

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    I'm a man you don't meet every day.

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    So be easy and free when you're drinking with me,

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    I'm a man you don't meet every day.

 

    (The Pogues)