Childhood songs and rhymes
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This may have to be withdrawn because it is sectarian although as a child I didn't realise that
King Billy had an Orange cat,
it sat upon the fender
and every time it saw a mouse,
It shouted No Surrender
wini
King Billy had an Orange cat,
it sat upon the fender
and every time it saw a mouse,
It shouted No Surrender
wini
Munro, McPhee, Gunn, Reid, McCreadie, Jackson, Cree, McFarland,Gillies,Gebbie,McCallum,Dawson
Glasgow, Durness,Kilmuir via Uig, Logie Easter
Old Monkland
Glasgow, Durness,Kilmuir via Uig, Logie Easter
Old Monkland
Re: Childhood songs and rhymes
ma mammy said ye never should
play wae the gypsies in the wood
if you did then she wid say,
Naughty girls go this away... this away , this away.
play wae the gypsies in the wood
if you did then she wid say,
Naughty girls go this away... this away , this away.
Re: Childhood songs and rhymes
Says he to me "could ye go a pie?"
Says I "aye, quite shy, never thinkin"
The dirty way he did it!
He lifted up his walkin stick, N' walked on the bus!
When i cam aff the bus, who dae ye think wis standin there.... Him!
Says he to me "Is that you"?
Says I "Aye who"?
Says he "You"!
Says I "aye me"!
Says he "Aye"!
Says I "naw"!
Says he "Well it's somebody hellava like ye"!
My Mum still says it, she 82 and she can only say it really fast....we had such a laugh trying to write it down lol
Could you please post the original if you have it?
Thanks
Says I "aye, quite shy, never thinkin"
The dirty way he did it!
He lifted up his walkin stick, N' walked on the bus!
When i cam aff the bus, who dae ye think wis standin there.... Him!
Says he to me "Is that you"?
Says I "Aye who"?
Says he "You"!
Says I "aye me"!
Says he "Aye"!
Says I "naw"!
Says he "Well it's somebody hellava like ye"!
My Mum still says it, she 82 and she can only say it really fast....we had such a laugh trying to write it down lol
Could you please post the original if you have it?
Thanks
Re: Childhood songs and rhymes
Not the original, but my Mum used to say the second bit to us all the time, but slightly different..."awfy like ye" at the end for example. I have never heard the first bit before and I am not sure what it means at all!
Researching: Easton ( Renfrewshire, Dunbarton and Glasgow), Corr (Londonderry and Glasgow), Carson (Co. Down, Irvine, Ayrshire and Glasgow), Logan (Londonderry and Glasgow)
Re: Childhood songs and rhymes
Well it shows you how bad my memory is! I thought I'd have a look at this thread....and realised I had started it in 2005! i completely forgot.
But I also forgot that the song above was also discussed on the first couple of pages of the thread! So there's proof, my memory is no good!
Nina
But I also forgot that the song above was also discussed on the first couple of pages of the thread! So there's proof, my memory is no good!
Nina
Researching: Easton ( Renfrewshire, Dunbarton and Glasgow), Corr (Londonderry and Glasgow), Carson (Co. Down, Irvine, Ayrshire and Glasgow), Logan (Londonderry and Glasgow)
Re: Childhood songs and rhymes
Join the Club Nina. I would offer to be Chairperson but I would probably forget that I offered
Russell
Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny