New Scotland (The Camper Van song)

A camper van called Scotland

I bought a camper van on eBay

I was a wee bit nervous

The guy said he’d got it from

The St John’s Ambulance Service

He’d fitted it with a double bed

And a woodburning stove

When I got of the train in Preston to pick it up

I just fell in love

Two hundred thousand miles

It had independent suspension

Ran out of fuel on the Great North Road

I wasn’t paying attention

When the guy said it was thirsty

I thought he meant he liked a drink

Not 10 miles to the gallon

I guess I just didn’t think

I called it Scotland

My beloved Scotland

It’ll take me everywhere I want to roam

Scotland, my beloved Scotland

Don’t ever tell me Scotland’s not my home

I got a tow to a caravan site

I lit the stove and settled down

It was somewhere in Northumbria

I drank  my first can of Newcastle Brown

I found I quite enjoyed the place

The folk seemed just the same

I met a girl from Penrith called Tracy

MacMillan was her middle name

That was fifteen years ago

I’ve hardly been north since

I even found a chip shop

Sells Morton’s Rolls with mince

Sometimes I go to Peebles

That’s just like Edinburgh only wee

I suppose I live in England

It’s all Scotland to me

Copyright Scar Quilse 2014