FRANKIE VAUGHAN

FRANKIE VAUGHAN

written by Jackie Jenett

Oh, a little plane came flying

Over Glasgow town one day

We did not know it then, boys

But He was on his way

He said, ‘I’ve come to help youz

To gie youz all a haun

But you’ll have to lay your weapons down’

His name was Frankie Vaughan

Frankie Vaughan, Frankie Vaughan

‘Oh, I’ve just come here to gie youz all a haun’

We said, ‘Do you think we’re daft?’

We cut his ears off for a laugh

Frankie Vaughan, Frankie Vaughan, Frankie Vaughan

But he soon won us over

And we laid our weapons doon

And all the folk in Glasgow

They came from miles aroon

But Frankie’s plane was late that day

And as we stood in line

We crucified a polis

To pass the bloody time

Frankie Vaughan, Frankie Vaughan

‘Oh, I’ve just come here to gie youz all a haun’

We said, ‘Do you think we’re daft?’

We cut his ears off for a laugh

Frankie Vaughan, Frankie Vaughan, Frankie Vaughan

A councillor made us angry

He said, ‘It can’t be true

When you take the slogans from the walls

Then I’ll believe in you’

We thought we would surprise him

We acted very quick

There are no slogans on his house

We removed then brick by brick

Frankie Vaughan, Frankie Vaughan

‘Oh, I’ve just come here to gie youz all a haun’

We said, ‘Do you think we’re daft?’

We cut his ears off for a laugh

Frankie Vaughan, Frankie Vaughan, Frankie Vaughan

Now every Sunday morning

It fills my heart with joy

To see the Parkie and the Fleet

Walking with the Toy

And every Sunday evening

To hear the choir sing

‘Gimme the moonlight

Gimme the girls

And leave the rest to Frankie Vaughan’