Not our first dance song 2

Also not our first dance song. But a good one for a car journey or when I can't sleep. I'll start singing it to wake O up and then he joins in and reminds me of the words.

This could be a struggle for a lot of you. The words need to be read in a very broad Scottish accent - I've given a translation below in blue but it doesn't work as well.

COD LIVER OIL AND ORANGE JUICE - Hamish Imlach

Well oot o' the East there came a hard man
Oh-ho, a' the way frae Brigton?
Ah-ha, glory hallelujah
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Well out of the East there came a hard man
Oh-ho, all the way from Bridgeton

Well he went intae a pub and he come oot paralytic
Oh, VP and cider
Ah-ha, what a hell of a mixture
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Well he went into a pub and came out paralytic
Oh, VP and cider

Does this bus go tae the Dennistoun Palais?
Oh-ho, I'm lookin' fur a lumber
Ah-ha, glory hallelujah
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Does this bus go to the Dennistoun Palais?
Oh-ho, I'm looking for a shag

In the dancin' he met Hairy Mary,
Oh, the flooer o' the Gorbals
Ah-ha, glory hallelujah
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

In the dancing (nightclub) he met Hairy Mary,
Oh, the flower of the Gorbals

Aw noo Mary, are ye dancin'?
"Oh no, it's just the way I'm staunin'"
Ah-ha, glory hallelujah
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Aw now Mary, are you dancing?
"Oh no, it's just the way I'm standing"

Well then, Mary, yer one in a million,
"Oh-ho, so's yer chances!"
Ah-ha, glory hallelujah
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Well then, Mary, your one in a million,
"Oh-ho, so is your chances!"

Well then Mary, can I run ye hame?
Oh-ho, I've got a pair of sandshoes,
"A ha-ha, ye're hell of a funny!"
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Well then Mary, can I run you home?
Oh-ho, I've got a pair of plimsolls (trainers)
"A ha-ha, your a hell of a funny!"
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Well, doon through the back-close, an' intae the dunny,
Oh-ho, it wasnae fur the first time,
Ah-ha, glory hallelujah
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Well down through the back alley and into the back yard
Oh-ho it wasn't for the first time

Then oot came her mammy - she was goin' tae the cludgie,
Oh-ho, I buggered off sharpish,
Ah-ha, glory hallelujah
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

The out came her Mum - she was going to the toilet
Oh-ho, I buggered off sharpish,

Noo Hairy Mary's lookin' for her hard man,
Oh-ho, he's jined the Foreign Legion
Ah-ha, Sahara unner ra camels,
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Now Hairy Mary is looking for her hard man,
Oh-ho, he's joined the Foreign Legion
Ah-ha, Sahara under the camels,
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

Then Hairy Mary's had a little baby
Oh-ho, its faither's in the army
Ah-ha, glory hallelujah
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

The Hairy Mary's had a little baby
Oh-ho, its father's in the army



YouTube videos of Hamish Imlach singing are available