[Intro]
[Verse]
I ken ye dinna like it, lass
Tae winter here in toon
The scaldies, aye, miscry us
And they try tae put us doon
And it s hard to raise three bairns
In a single flea-box room
But I ll tak ye on the road again
When yellow s on the broom
[Chorus]
When yellow s on the broom
When yellow s on the broom
I ll tak ye on the road again
When yellow s on the broom
[Verse]
The scaldies cry us Tinker dirt
And sconce our bairns in school
But who cares what a scaldy thinks
For a scaldy s but a fool
He s never heard the yarlin s song
Nor seen the flax in bloom
For they re a cooped up in hooses
When the yellow s on the broom
[Chorus]
When yellow s on the broom
When yellow s on the broom
They re a cooped up in hooses
When yellow s on the broom
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
No sale for pegs or baskets, noo
So just to stay alive
We have tae work at scaldy jobs
Frae nine o clock till five
But we call nae man our maister
For we own the world s room
And I ll bid fareweel tae Brechin
When yellow s on the broom
[Chorus]
When yellow s on the broom
When yellow s on the broom
We ll bid fareweel tae Brechin
When yellow s on the broom
[Verse]
I m weary for the springtime
When we ll tak the road once mair
For the pearlin and the plantin
And the berry fields of Blair
We ll meet up wi oor kinfolk
Frae a the country roon
When the ganaboot folk tak the road
When yellow s on the broom
[Chorus]
When yellow s on the broom
When yellow s on the broom
The ganaboot folk tak the road
When yellow s on the broom
[Chorus]
When yellow s on the broom
When yellow s on the broom
I ll tak ye on the road again
When yellow s on the broom
[Outro]