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I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Pogues

Performer

Cait O'Riordan

Bass Guitar

Jem Finer

Banjo

Shane MacGowan

Vocals

Spider Stacy

Tin Whistle

James Fearnley

Accordion

Andrew Ranken

Drums

Henry Benagh

Fiddle

Dick Cuthell

French Horn

Philip Chevron

Guitar

Tommy Keane

Uilleann Pipes

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Cait O'Riordan

Songwriter

Jem Finer

Songwriter

Shane MacGowan

Songwriter

Spider Stacy

Songwriter

The Pogues

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Nick Robbins

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Paul Scully

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Oh my name is Jock Stewart, I'm a canny gun man

And a roving young fellow I've been

So be easy and free when you're drinking with me

I'm a man you don't meet every day

[Verse 2]

I have acres of land, I have men at command

I have always a shilling to spare

So be easy and free when you're drinking with me

I'm a man you don't meet every day

[Chorus]

So come fill up your glasses of brandy and wine

Whatever it costs I will pay

So be easy and free when you're drinking with me

I'm a man you don't meet every day

[Verse 3]

Oh I took out my dog, and him I did shoot

All down in the county Kildare

So be easy and free when you're drinking with me

I'm a man you don't meet every day

[Chorus]

So come fill up your glasses of brandy and wine

Whatever it costs I will pay

So be easy and free when you're drinking with me

I'm a man you don't meet every day

So be easy and free when you're drinking with me

I'm a man you don't meet every day

Written by: Andrew David Ranken, Cait O'Riordan, Dp, James Thirkhill Fearnley, Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan, Shane Patrick Lysaght Mac-Gowan, Spider Stacy

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