"Havering" Proclaimers

[Matchka]

I may need a Scotsman for this.

My hillbilly buddy and I are huge fans of The Proclaimers. One of their more popular songs, “I’m gonna be,” bears the line:

And if I haver, yeah I know I’m gonna be; I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you."

We have speculated much on the meaning of “haver” and have come up with all kinds of possibilities within the context of the song, all of which we find amusing but none of which seem to fit.

What’s it mean?

[Ice_Wolf]

I’m a quarter-Scot Kiwi, will that do?

“Haver” means to talk rubbish.

Kirsty: "Basically it means to talk rubbish. eg ‘She was havering on about seeing alien spaceships on the beach.’ ‘Och, havers!’ means ‘Oh, rubbish!’ Best encapsulated in the The Proclaimers’ song 500 Miles:
‘When I haver, well I know I’m gonna be, I’m gonna be the man who’s haverin’ to you.’

They don’t write them like that any more."

From ScotSpeak.

[Matchka]

Very nice!