{"id":4022,"date":"2016-04-12T20:15:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T00:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=4022"},"modified":"2016-04-12T20:15:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T00:15:47","slug":"jock-stewart-a-man-you-dont-meet-everyday","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=4022","title":{"rendered":"Jock Stewart (A Man You Don’t Meet Everyday)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cliff is well known for this one. \u00a0Called Jock Stewart but also A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day (nothing to do with the 1994 flick of the same name), and So Be Easy And Free. \u00a0The earliest I am aware of his being recorded singing it is for the original Ancient Mariner Album<\/a>\u00a0of 1981. \u00a0It is a good “quiet evening” song and often enough is utilized as a memorial for a friend just passed. \u00a0The origin of the song is difficult to pin down, it seems, with many opinions but most sources agree that it is of Irish origin that quickly found a new home in Scotland along with some changes in the verse. \u00a0An Ian McGregor is said to have composed the fourth and fifth verses. \u00a0We know a few bawdy reworkings of the song but this won’t be addressed here.<\/p>\n

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Now, my name is Jock Stewart
\nI’m a canny gaun man,
\nAnd a roving young fellow, I’ve been.<\/p>\n

CHORUS:<\/p>\n

So be easy and free
\nWhen you’re drinkin wi’ me.
\nI’m a man you don’t meet every day.<\/p>\n

CHORUS:<\/p>\n

I have acres of land;
\nI have men at command;
\nI\u2019ve always a shilling to lend.<\/p>\n

CHORUS:<\/p>\n

Now, I took out my gun,
\nWith my dog I did go,
\nAll down by the River Kildare<\/p>\n

CHORUS:<\/p>\n

I’m a piper by trade
\nAnd a roving young blade
\nAnd many a tune I do play<\/p>\n

CHORUS:<\/p>\n

Let us catch well the hours
\nAnd the minutes that fly
\nAnd we’ll share them together this day<\/p>\n

CHORUS:<\/p>\n

So, come fill up your glasses
\nOf brandy and wine,
\nAnd whatever the cost, I will pay.
\nCHORUS:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cliff is well known for this one. \u00a0Called Jock Stewart but also A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day (nothing to do with the 1994 flick of the same name), and So Be Easy And Free. \u00a0The earliest I am aware of his being recorded singing it is for the original Ancient Mariner Album\u00a0of 1981. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4022","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4024,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4022\/revisions\/4024"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}