I've started this more specific thread for the person who posted the original thread (see below):

Subject: Help a Granny in Canada
From: parkerb@mbs.gov.on.ca
Date: 29-Jul-99 - 04:19 PM

When my mother-in-law was growing up in Uddingston, she sang a song at school (early 1930's). She can only remember a few words from the song, and nobody here in Canada seems to know what she's talking about. We don't know the song title, but the words she remembers are as follows:

"Oh, Nancy's hair is yellow and (?), And her een are o' the misty blue"

That's all we know. Any clue? I have written to all kinds of people and associations but nobody knows. The most common answer is "Well, it's not in the database". How 'bout being crafty and asking your mother, or your granny?