My mother (born in Vancouver BC, Scottish parents) would occasionally bring up "Im a wee melodie man". This had been a family game at the dinner table, quite beyond silly, as older relatives would roll their eyes and mumble. The idea was to sing the song and then imitate the playing of a particular insrument, everyone taking their turn. Not sure of details, as the telling of the story was usually drowned out by a chorus of "not that again"...

So is this a lonely invention in Canada to rember the old days, a simple family tradition, or does go back across back to Oban?

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