Govan Pool-Room Song Ewan MacColl

Now Govan is a busy place upon a Friday night
And the billiard halls down there are busy too
An' there's many a strongly fancied lad been rattled in a fight
For fiddlin' wi' the colours and the cue

[Chorus]
Oh don't stan' and look aroun' when the cues are upside down
And the balls are flying fast from far and near
For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame
When they're handing out the stitches in your ear

Now 'twas on a certain Friday I went down to a saloon
For I'd heard some fancy things about this dive
So I moved up to a table where two lads were trying hard
To win three sets of snooker out of five

[Chorus]
Oh don't stan' and look aroun' when the cues are upside down
And the balls are flying fast from far and near
For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame
When they're handing out the stitches in your ear

There were nearly four score Govan boys wi' bunnets tae the fore
Standing round upon the benches looking grim
For the word had got around that one chap was three sets down
And his chances now were getting mighty slim