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Thread #11873   Message #1219770
Posted By: John MacKenzie
06-Jul-04 - 04:22 AM
Thread Name: Aunty Mary Had a Canary - where?
Subject: RE: Aunty Mary Had a Canary - where?
To pick up on the thread drift on the words to the tune of Coming through the Rye. Alex Campbell used to sing these words.

Jean MacPherson is a person
Wi lang yella herr
We went thegither doon the watter
Last Glesca Ferr
The rain cam poorin oot the sky
Her herr she couldnae keep dry
And oh the day the streaks o' grey
Kept comin through the dye.

I also remember a snatch of another set of nonsense words, and that was to the tune Blaze Away. That started off,

When all of a sudden a great mealie pudden
Cam fleein' through the air

Giok