I’m looking for an unusual Scottish music hall song called “Here Comes the Russian Jew”? The title is apparently a play on the Gaelic “Ciamar a Tha Sibh Inniu.” It’s about an Aberdeen policeman now stationed in the Highlands who walks his beat, and is constantly greeted with the phrase in question. I heard it from Ray Fisher in the 1970s but have never come across it in print or recording. For some reason it has stuck in my mind for all these years, and I’d love to find a definitive version. I can only remember the first verse which goes something like: My friends ken weel I’m a decent chap I belong to the Aberdeen force And though I’m no sae awfully bright I’m as strong as any horse. Oh, I look sae weel from heid to heel In my bonnie coat of blue And when I cam by the bairns all cry—— “Here comes the Russian Jew” I’m hoping someone will know the rest of the verses and some background. Thanks in advance!
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