Here’s my version of the great Billy Connolly song ‘I Wish I was in Glasgow’.
Oh, I wish I was in the Bonnet Toun
With some good old friends of mine
Some good old rough companions
And some good old smooth red wine
We could talk about the old days
And Stewarton’s sad decline
And drink to the boys on the road
Oh, I was born in Sloan Street
In the Whitletts part of Ayr
I would take you there and show you
But I don’t know if it’s still there
And when I think about it
It always gets me down
We left when I was only 4 and moved to Lothian Road
It’s that great old camp I miss so much
Though I’ve had much better days
But still, we talk about it
As we go our separate ways
Oh, but Ayrshire gave me more
Than it ever took away
And prepared me for life on the road
My mother, Mary was a cleaner
My old man, his name was Sam
Was a Massey’s engineer
They made me all I am
My sister and my brothers, I’ve seen them come and go
And still, I give a damn
There’s so much to learn along the road
And Ayrshire gave me more
Than it ever took away
And prepared me for life on the road
