Biography:
The McCalmans are a Scottish folk band. Formed in 1964, the original members were Ian McCalman, born 1 September 1946 in Edinburgh, Hamish Bayne born in Nairobi, Kenya and Derek Moffat born near Dundee, Fife. Hamish left the band and was replaced by Nick Keir. Derek died of cancer in 2001 and was replaced by Stephen Quigg.
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I ken ye dinna like it, lass
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Tae winter here in toon
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The scaldies, aye, miscry us
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And they try tae put us doon
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And it's hard to raise three bairns
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In a single flea-box room
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But I'll tak' ye on the road again
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Chorus]
Eb
When yellow's on the broom
Ab
When yellow's on the broom
Db Ab Fm
I'll tak' ye on the road again
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Verse]
Ab
The scaldies cry us 'Tinker dirt'
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And sconce our bairns in school
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But who cares what a scaldy thinks
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For a scaldy's but a fool
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He's never heard the yarlin's song
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Nor seen the flax in bloom
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For they're a' cooped up in hooses
Eb Ab
When the yellow's on the broom
[Chorus]
Eb
When yellow's on the broom
Ab
When yellow's on the broom
Db Ab Fm
They're a' cooped up in hooses
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Instrumental]
Eb Ab Eb Ab
[Verse]
Ab
No sale for pegs or baskets, noo
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So just to stay alive
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We have tae work at scaldy jobs
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Frae nine o'clock till five
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But we call nae man our maister
Db Ab
For we own the world's room
Db Ab Fm
And I'll bid fareweel tae Brechin
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Chorus]
Eb
When yellow's on the broom
Ab
When yellow's on the broom
Db Ab Fm
We'll bid fareweel tae Brechin
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Verse]
Ab
I'm weary for the springtime
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When we'll tak' the road once mair
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For the pearlin' and the plantin'
Eb
And the berry fields of Blair
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We'll meet up wi' oor kinfolk
Db Ab
Frae a' the country roon'
Db Ab Fm
When the ganaboot folk tak' the road
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Chorus]
Eb
When yellow's on the broom
Ab
When yellow's on the broom
Db Ab Fm
The ganaboot folk tak' the road
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Chorus]
Eb
When yellow's on the broom
Ab
When yellow's on the broom
Db Ab Fm
I'll tak' ye on the road again
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Outro]
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Db Ab Db Ab Fm Eb Ab Eb Ab
Eb Ab Eb Ab Db Bbm Ab Eb
Db Ab Db Ab Fm Eb Ab
[Verse]
Ab
I ken ye dinna like it, lass
Db Bbm
Tae winter here in toon
Ab
The scaldies, aye, miscry us
Eb
And they try tae put us doon
Eb
And it's hard to raise three bairns
Db Ab
In a single flea-box room
Db Ab Fm
But I'll tak' ye on the road again
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Chorus]
Eb
When yellow's on the broom
Ab
When yellow's on the broom
Db Ab Fm
I'll tak' ye on the road again
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Verse]
Ab
The scaldies cry us 'Tinker dirt'
Db Bbm
And sconce our bairns in school
Ab
But who cares what a scaldy thinks
Eb
For a scaldy's but a fool
Eb
He's never heard the yarlin's song
Db Ab
Nor seen the flax in bloom
Db Ab Fm
For they're a' cooped up in hooses
Eb Ab
When the yellow's on the broom
[Chorus]
Eb
When yellow's on the broom
Ab
When yellow's on the broom
Db Ab Fm
They're a' cooped up in hooses
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Instrumental]
Eb Ab Eb Ab
[Verse]
Ab
No sale for pegs or baskets, noo
Db Bbm
So just to stay alive
Ab
We have tae work at scaldy jobs
Eb
Frae nine o'clock till five
Eb
But we call nae man our maister
Db Ab
For we own the world's room
Db Ab Fm
And I'll bid fareweel tae Brechin
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Chorus]
Eb
When yellow's on the broom
Ab
When yellow's on the broom
Db Ab Fm
We'll bid fareweel tae Brechin
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Verse]
Ab
I'm weary for the springtime
Db Bbm
When we'll tak' the road once mair
Ab
For the pearlin' and the plantin'
Eb
And the berry fields of Blair
Eb
We'll meet up wi' oor kinfolk
Db Ab
Frae a' the country roon'
Db Ab Fm
When the ganaboot folk tak' the road
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Chorus]
Eb
When yellow's on the broom
Ab
When yellow's on the broom
Db Ab Fm
The ganaboot folk tak' the road
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Chorus]
Eb
When yellow's on the broom
Ab
When yellow's on the broom
Db Ab Fm
I'll tak' ye on the road again
Eb Ab
When yellow's on the broom
[Outro]
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Db Ab Db Ab Fm Eb Ab Eb Ab
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