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Thread #1479 Message #1399481
Posted By: Lighter
04-Feb-05 - 06:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Sow Song (Suzanna's a Funicle Man)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Sow Song (Suzanna's a Funicle Man)
The truth may be out there, but trust no one. I now have Greig-Duncan to hand and, despite what I learned from a reputable website not to named here, the Scottish text begins rather differently from what I said above. Here are the lyrics in full:
1. Our little pigs lies wi' their backs aye bare, bare (grunt) -are,
Sing dah reeedle ah,
Oh, my dad was a bonny wee man, man (spoken shrilly) (grunt) -an
2. The little pigs lies wi' their tails half cocked, cocked (grunt),
ocked.
3. Oor old soo maks the finest o' pork, pork (grunt) -ork.
4. Oor old soo maks the finest o' bacon, bacon (grunt), -acon.
This was collected by Dr. James B. Duncan from Mrs. Margaret Gillespie in N.E. Scotland, between 1906 and 1917. It may be the oldest text to record the sound effects.