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May Queen Origins: Nickety, nackety, noo../Cooper of Fife (69* d) RE: Lyr Req: Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo 21 May 13

Rather disgracefully The Wee Cooper O'Fife appears in a singing book I used at school (Singing Together - Autumn 1978) with a disturbing picture of said Cooper beating his wife with a belt...quite how they thought that was appropriate for 7 year olds I have no idea.

This is a horrible song and I wonder why Janet (several posts above)thought it would make her 'cronies' laugh?

I realise the original song was written in a day when this behaviour was accepted but do we really need to keep singing it today?


Just as a aside, in The Bury new Loom I believe the chaps 'pickers' went "Nickety Nack"...

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