“Jock Stewart (The Man You Don't Meet Every Day)”

Description

(Jock Stewart) invites the company to enjoy his generosity. "So be easy and free when you're drinking with me; I'm a man you don't meet every day" The singer may talk of his well-built hut, his hunting trips, or whatever people discuss in pubs

Cross references

• cf. "Bound to Australia" (meter, floating lyrics)
• cf. "The First of the Emigrants" (tune, meter, chorus)

Recordings

• Cornelius O'Sullivan, "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" (Victor 79126, late 1920s-early 1930s)
• Belle, Sheila, and Cathie Stewart, "Jock Stewart" (on SCStewartsBlair01)

References

1. Randolph 476, "The Man You Don't Meet Every Day" (1 text)
2. Meredith/Covell/Brown, pp. 161-162, 286, "A Man You Don't Meet Every Day" (2 texts, 2 tunes, heavily localized)
3. DT, JSTEWART*
4. Roud #975
5. BI, R476