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For example the words of " I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day " ( Roud 975 ) are known from a broadside in the Bodleian Library.

The date is almost certainly before 1900, and it seems to be Irish.

In 1958 the song was recorded in Canada ( My Name is Pat and I'm Proud of That ).

Scottish traveler Jeannie Robertson from Aberdeen, made the next recorded version in 1961.

She has changed it to make reference to " Jock Stewart ", one of her relatives, and there are no Irish references.

In 1976 Scottish artist Archie Fisher deliberately altered the song to remove the reference to a dog being shot.

In 1985 The Pogues took it full circle by restoring all the Irish references.