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Thread #2085   Message #2915786
Posted By: Joe Offer
28-May-10 - 12:48 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Katie Bairdie/Katie Beardie/Kitty Beardie
Subject: ADD Version: Katie Bairdie / Katie Beardie
One More:

KATIE BAIRDIE

Dolly Bairdie hid a coo,
Black an' white aboot the mou';
Wisna she a dainty coo?
Dance, Dolly Bairdie.

Dolly Bairdie hid a cat,
She could tak' baith moose an' rat;
Wisna she a dainty cat?
Dance, Dolly Bairdie.

Dolly Bairdie hid a hen,
She could lay baith but an' ben;
Wisna she a dainty hen?
Dance, Dolly Bairdie.

Dolly Bairdie hid a cock,
An' he could spin at the hard or rock;
Wisna he a dainty cock?
Dance, Dolly Bairdie.

Dolly Bairdie hid a wife,
She could use baith fork an' knife;
Wisna she a dainty wife?
Dance, Dolly Bairdie.




Singer: F.R. Brown
#1657b, The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, Volume 8, page 193

I have to say I have trouble understanding some of these verses. Can somebody explain: