I hear: "Down came the blind." "Sally, tell us all the rest of it! Lor! In the dark, Sal! Tell us all the best of it!" "Well, Sally said, "Till a hubby you can find, Don't wish to be in the dark, and down came the blind." That 4th verse is impossible, my version sounds peculiar too, but I'm sure it's McNaboe which is a Scots name, and I'm pretty sure it's 'paper' not 'table' so I think the dog was eating the meat but the Highlander private stole it and the dog was starved and started biting a kilt and swinging on it?? Fork is the only thing I can think of to do with food that rhymes with pork, but if there's a breed of wire terrier that rhymes then that may be a better answer. The reference to not marrying 'her' may refer to a female in the missing line? 4. Now Private McNaboe of the old Black Watch Used to have to wear the kilt to prove that he was Scotch. ...... cook had a nice wire fork (?) Sitting on the paper chewing at a leg of pork, Sergeant McGinty walking on his beat Looked and saw the heilander demolishing his meat. Down came the blind. The Scotsman didn't marry her Starved it to death? ... the gov'nor's little terrier Went for his kilt, started swinging on behind. The ... ate the pudding ... but down came the blind. If these aren't the words then maybe they can form the basis of a new song hahahaha! cheerz joolz
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