The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #66198   Message #1747666
Posted By: Joe Offer
26-May-06 - 02:20 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Skinny Malinky
Subject: ADD Version: Skinny Malinky
I transcribed the tune I found in The Scottish Folksinger (Norman Buchan and Peter Hall, 1973, page 39.

SKINNY MALINKY

Skinny malinky lang legs umba-rella feet,
Went tae the pictures an' could-nae find a seat.
He got the bus hame an' he wid-nae pey his fare,
So the rotten auld conducter kicked him doon the stair.

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