Moving-On Song Lyrics

Born in the middle of the afternoon In a horsedrawn wagon on the old A5 The big 12-wheelers shook my bed "You can't stop here", the policeman said, "You'd better get born in someplace else So move along, get along, Move along, get along, Go! Move! Shift!" Born in the tattie-howking time In an auld bow tent near a tattie field The fairmer said, "The work's aa done It's time that ye was movin on" Born on a common near a building site Where the ground was rutted by the trailer's wheels The local people said to me "You'll lower the price of property" Born at the back of a blackthorn hedge When the white hoarfrost lay all around No eastern kings came bearing gifts Instead the order came to shift Winter's sky was filled with stars But one shone brighter than the rest The wise men came so stern and strict And brought the order to evict Wagon, tent or trailer born Last month, last year or in far-off days Born here or a thousand miles away There's always men nearby who say