Biography:
Alastair McDonald (born 28 October 1941) is a Scottish banjoist folk-jazz musician, probably most well-known for his recordings of Jim McLean's folk songs, such as The Barras and The Massacre of Glencoe, but also for some humorous songs, such as the jazz-comedy song "Sam the skull" about a Glasgow cat.
His repertoire ranges from children's songs to Robert Burns' songs, spanning humorous songs and political ones.
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ALL VERSES START with D
Intro w/ Evil Laughs
Em C B7 G Em D
Chorus
(D)G Am
I'm a cat I'm a cat I'm a Glesga cat and my name is Sam the Skull
D G
I've got claws in ma paws like a crocodiles jaws and a heid like a fermers bull
D G B C
I'm no the kind o' cat that sits oan the mat nor the kind that you gie a hug
D G
But I'm the kind o' cat that swallow a rat and even the occasional dug
D G Am
Noo I used to roam about in shettlestoon where they all knew me by sight
D G
Here's the Skull here's the Skull you can hear them yell as they vanish into the night
D G C
Noo The police stations all around have bars on the window sill
D G
But there no tae keep the prisoners in there tae keep out Sam the Skull
Chorus
V2.
G Am
One fine day no so long ago they all had had their fill
D G
And they sent for the R S P C A tae come and catch the Skull
D G
Theres was none could get oot while he's roamin aboot chasin' a' the weans up the
C
close,
wedlin' on the shoes yodeling the blues and sittin there pickin' my nose
Chorus
B-Em-C-B-A-G-Em-C-D
V2.
G Am
aboot hauf past two the boys in blue arrived in their Escort van
D G-C7-D7
Were in the back One wae a sack the other had a mallet in his hand
G C
I watched them creep to the back o' the hoose and I casually strolled to the van
D G
I jumped through the door stomped my foot to the floor everything had gone to plan
V3
D G Am
You had heard them say down Shettlestoon way What became of Sam the Skull
D D
He had claws in his paws like a crocodiles jaws and a hide like a fermers bull
D G C
Just you tell them from me that I'm still runnin' free And never a day is dull
D
It may sound absurd but I'm livin with a bird in a single end in Maryhill
Chorus.
Positso nutritional even the
Clap on Skull Hug
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