childrens songs
fay...@fol.it
I'm interested in receiving suggestions of Scottish children's songs to
be presented in a concert in Italy to include children's songs from all
over the world. "Coulter's Candy" is the only idea that comes to mind so
I'd really appreciate other ideas.
Thanks to all!!
Donald Bathgate
Craig McDowall
fay...@fol.it wrote:
As much as I can remember...
Be-baw babbity, babbity, babbity
Be-baw babbity, A lassie or a wee laddie
I wouldnae hae a laddie-o, laddie-o, laddie-o
I wouldnae hae a laddie-o, I'd rather hae a wee lassie.
Then stuff about kneel down, touch the ground., etc
ALIXGUNN
Katie Baird-ie had a cat
wha could catch both mouse (moos ?) and rat.
Was nae that a dainty cat?
Dance Katie Baird-ie
Katie Baird-ie had a coo
black and white aboot the mou'
Was nae that a dainty coo?
Dance Katie Baird-ie
The Nit Nurse
Didn't there used to be an FTP server with the words to children's songs?
Anyone know the rest of the words to:
The big broon coo went THRRP! against the wa,
{good for singing to elderly aunties together with the accompanying actions]
There's also
Wee chookie birdie toe lo lo
Laid an egg on the windae soe
The windae soe began tae crack
Wee chookie birdie roared an grat.
It might be worth getting a hold of a book of Scottish childrens street games
as they frequently had songs attached to them. I believe there's at least
one collection of them published somewhere.
ALIXGUNN
>It might be worth getting a hold of a book of Scottish childrens street games
as they frequently had songs attached to them. I believe there's at least one
collection of them published somewhere.<
a book at Balnain House.
Charles Mcgregor
The message <19980129195...@ladder03.news.aol.com>
from alix...@aol.com (ALIXGUNN) contains these words:
Who remembers:-
Dae ye mine the time when the burd shit lime an the monkey chewed tabbaca?
When the coo flung dung, doon the washin hoose lum an the dug got blacker an
blacker?
Don't ask me what it means, even if we did have a washin Hoose at the back of
our cottages when I was a kid.
regards
chic
ALIXGUNN
>Who remembers:-
>Dae ye mine the time when the burd shit lime an the monkey chewed tabbaca?
When the coo flung dung, doon the washin hoose lum an the dug got blacker an
blacker?
>Don't ask me what it means, even if we did have a washin Hoose at the back of
our cottages when I was a kid.
regards chic<
That sounds awfully familiar. But in the States it went more like:
"Three, six, nine. The goose drank wine. The monkey chewed tobacco on the
street car line.
The line broke. The monkey got choked - and they all went to
heaven in a little row boat (clap)(clap)
Alan Blacklock
Oor wee school's a braw wee school
its made wi' bricks an' plaster
The only thing that's wrong wi' it
is the baldy headed master
He goes to the pub on Saturday
an' goes to church on Sunday
an' prays to god to gie 'im strength
to murder the weans on Monday
Fraser Young
The Nit Nurse wrote:
>
> Anyone know the rest of the words to:
>
> The big broon coo went THRRP! against the wa,
The big broon coo went THRRP! against the wa',
THRRP! against the wa', THRRP! against the wa',
The big broon coo went THRRP! against the wa',
And ye coodney see the wa' for THRRP! THRRP! THRRP!
> {good for singing to elderly aunties together with the accompanying actions]
if you're after a cuff ower the lug, that is.
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Charles Mcgregor
The message <34D1F9...@csfp.co.uk-nojunkplease>
from Fraser Young <fyo...@csfp.co.uk-nojunkplease> contains these words:
Some may be interested in obtaining 'The Kist' published by Thomas
Nelson and Sons, ISBN 0-17-429007-1
an Anthology of Scots and Gaelic both with translations.
regards
chic
john maxwell
Don't forget this old gem:
Skinny malinky longlegs, big banana feet,
went tae the pictures,
and couldnae find a seat,
when the pictures started,
Skinny malinky farted,
Skinny malinky long legs,
big banana feet.
I've always wondered if there are any more verses to this one. What is
this little ditty's origin?
JM
afs...@foxy.nstn.ca
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 18:38:49 -0500, john maxwell <jo...@work.here>
wrote:
My Granny went down to the cellar
To see where the gas leak might be
She struck up a match to see better
O bring back my Granny to me.
Heard from the" Corries".
Or
Scotty Mallotty the king of the jews
Sold his wife for a pair of shoes
When the shoes began to wear
Scotty Malloty began to swear
Heard that one hundreds of times.
Al
To reply remove the 'y' from foxy.
Reg Reid
Good source is the Singing Kettle 1,2 & 3 series of cassettes & music books
by Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise.
Kettle Records, The Post House, Kingskettle, Cupar, Fife. Tel. 01337 31121
Regards
Grace Reid
GD
> > Skinny malinky longlegs, big banana feet,
> > went tae the pictures,
> > and couldnae find a seat,
> > when the pictures started,
> > Skinny malinky farted,
> > Skinny malinky long legs,
> > big banana feet.
(In Dundee it was always umbrella feet).
Another one I was trying to remember how it started, but the ending is
something like:
the lum gave a crack
the hoose gave a shak
and doon came Granny wi her shirt a' black
anybody?
GD