I wrote this when Winnifred Ewing became the Scottish Nationalst MP for Hamilton and accused Scottish MPs for spending most of the time in the bar in Westminster. I'll list who the names are at the end of the song. The tune is a mixture. The verses are sung to a student type rude song called THERE ONCE WAS A SPANISH JUANITO and the chorus is the first part of the chorus of MY BOONIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN. Last chorus is the whole chorus of MY BONNIE...

Now Winnifred Ewing's in trouble,
For telling how er're in a hubble,
She says oor MPs
Have got the DTs
And spend a' their time drinking doubles.

Chorus: So MPs, Scottish MPs,
Your time's up now gentlemen please.

She says they are aye on the batter, An' politics juist disnae matter,But Hannan, MP,
Says he is TT,
An' aye toasts Queen Lizzie in watter!

Way doon on the Borders tere's Davy,
Who swears that he never drinks heavy,
He might lose his sense,
An' fa' aff the fence,
So Davy steers clear o' the bevvy.

But wha could say Willie's teetotal?
Wi' a nose that looks pregnat an' mottled.
He's aye on the doss
Frae Berwick tae Ross,
That bulge at his hip's a half bottle!

And then there's that Scottified Limey,
He's sober, but sleekit an' slimey.
For efit a dram,
He's "Thomas", no' "Tam"
Instead of "Hoots mon" it's "Cor blimey"!

So Winnie, dannae be silly
And blame thae nice men on the telly.
For Scottish MPs
Drink nothing but tea,
The whisky's too Scotch for their bellies!

So MPs,
Scottish MPs,
Your time's up now gentlemen ple-e-ase,
MPs, Scottish MPs
Your time's up now gentlemen please!

Willy Hannan, Scottish labour MP, teetotal: Davy Steele, Liberal MP: Willie Ross Scottish Labour MP: Tam Dalyell, "Tam o' the Binns", Scottish Labour MP and Laird.

Cheers, Jim McLean