(THE) GALLOWGATE CALYPSO

GALLOWGATE CALYPSO

by

Matt McGinn

Maggie, Nellie and Mary-Ann

Lizzie, Willie and Phil McCann

Get yer jaiket and don’t be late

Murder polis in the Gallowgate

In the Gallowgate on a Friday night

Folk a’ gathered tae see the sight

They came for miles and miles aroon

Ten o’clock when the pubs shut doon

Maggie, Nellie and Mary-Ann

Lizzie, Willie and Phil McCann

Get yer jaiket and don’t be late

Murder polis in the Gallowgate

Time-up bell began to ring

Then the barmen began to fling

Big souls, wee souls, every kind

Aw stone drunk wi the cheap red wine

Maggie, Nellie and Mary-Ann

Lizzie, Willie and Phil McCann

Get yer jaiket and don’t be late

Murder polis in the Gallowgate

First man oot was big Shug Grant

‘Up the Celtic’ was his chant

He roars that oot just to show who’s boss

He shouts, ‘Up Rangers’ at Brigton Cross

Maggie, Nellie and Mary-Ann

Lizzie, Willie and Phil McCann

Get yer jaiket and don’t be late

Murder polis in the Gallowgate

Blackpool May came oot and ran

Followed by a wee fat man

If he catches her, she’ll surely choke

She drank his wine then she picked his poke

Maggie, Nellie and Mary-Ann

Lizzie, Willie and Phil McCann

Get yer jaiket and don’t be late

Murder polis in the Gallowgate

Danny Owens comes oot tae fight

Threatens every man in sight

He trips and falls and he’s oot the game

His wife’ll murder him when he gets hame

Maggie, Nellie and Mary-Ann

Lizzie, Willie and Phil McCann

Get yer jaiket and don’t be late

Murder polis in the Gallowgate

Two big polis are the next we see

Eat The Moose and John The B

Intae the public hoose they ran

Late night drink wi the publican

Maggie, Nellie and Mary-Ann

Lizzie, Willie and Phil McCann

Get yer jaiket and don’t be late

Murder polis in the Gallowgate