"Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice" is a Scottish folk song written by Ron Clark and Carl MacDougall.Originally written by Clark and McDougall - https://www.theballadeers.com/hi_2006_clo.htm It was recorded by Scottish folk singer Hamish Imlach and released in 1966.
The song tells the story of Hairy Mary, a long-haired Gorbals girl, and her dalliance with the song's unnamed protagonist, known only as The Hard Man.
According to the song, the protagonist meets Hairy Mary in the Dennistoun Palais, a dance hall, and he tries various chat-up lines, culminating in an offer to run her home, "I've got a pair of sannies" (sandshoes). In the dunny of her tenement, their love-making is disturbed when her mother goes to the cludgie, and he flees. Hairy Mary searches for The Hard Man, but he has joined the French Foreign Legion. She has a baby, whose father's in the army. Digitised July 21, 2009.Lyrics - https://genius.com/The-mary-wallopers-cod-liver-oil-and-the-orange-juice-lyrics
The song was greatly requested on British Forces Radio, but it was banned by the BBC for a short time from such programmes as Two Way Family Favourites due to its innuendoes and possible erotic content.BBC ban - https://www.theballadeers.com/hi_2006_clo.htm
Scottish singer songwriter Findlay Napier released a version of the song on his 2017 album "Glasgow".
Irish band The Mary Wallopers released a version of the song in 2022.Mary Wallopers release - https://www.last.fm/music/The+Mary+Wallopers/+albums
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