Johnny Ra lyrics

Tuts gae awa’ ye mean tae blaw

I ken ye’re up tae a thing or twa

Sure as death, now, Johnny Ra

I wisht yer granny saw ye!

I’m Johnny Ra, I’m a canny soul

I was brought up in the country

Nae doubt you’ll mebbe no ken me weel

Cos I’m a’ the way fae Fintry

Altho’ I’m boosey yet I’m fly

Among the lasses I do pry

But they all shout as they go by

I wisht yer granny saw ye!

Tuts gae awa’ ye mean tae blaw

I ken ye’re up tae a thing or twa

Sure as death, now, Johnny Ra

I wisht yer granny saw ye!

I’d my eye on a lass for a gie lang time

She was a carter’s daughter

At last I thought I’d make her mine

And a wedding ring I bought her.

Says I, my lass, just be sincere

Name the day and be my dear

But she laughed as she whispered in my ear

I wisht yer granny saw ye

Tuts gae awa’ ye mean tae blaw

I ken ye’re up tae a thing or twa

Sure as death now Johnny Ra

I wisht yer granny saw ye!

At night as I walk down Argyle Street

A lady said, “o please, sir,

Will ye hold my little baby sweet

Cos I’m feared the crowd might squeeze her”

I took the bairn and I said I would,

I like to do the ladies good

But she disappeared intae the crowd

Sayin, I wisht yer granny saw ye!

Tuts gae awa’ ye mean tae blaw

I ken ye’re up tae a thing or twa

Sure as death, now, Johnny Ra

I wisht yer granny saw ye!

The people gathered round about

They smiled at my condition.

Then up come two big policemen stout

And they took me to the station.

Tae laugh at me they a’ began

They said that I was a lucky man

For tae have a bairn brought tae my hand

And I wisht yer granny saw ye!

Tuts gae awa’ ye mean tae blaw

I ken ye’re up tae a thing or twa

Sure as death, now, Johnny Ra

I wisht yer granny saw ye!

Before the bailiff the next day

I made my simple statement

About how the lady ran away

And she left me with the infant.

And then the bailiff he did say

You and the child maun go away

Never trust what the ladies say

I wisht yer granny saw ye!

Tuts gae awa’ ye mean tae blaw

I ken ye’re up tae a thing or twa

Sure as death, now, Johnny Ra

I wisht yer granny saw ye!

Tuts gae awa’ ye mean tae blaw

I ken ye’re up tae a thing or twa

Sure as death, now, Johnny Ra

I wisht yer granny saw ye!

• Artist:The Corries