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Thread #70816   Message #1209467
Posted By: Joe Offer
17-Jun-04 - 05:48 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The World Must Be Coming to an End
Subject: ADD: I Sent Her For Cheese
I looked for CD recordings, and found the song will be on a Rounder CD from the Lomax Collection called Singing in the Streets: Scottish Children's Songs, due out June 22, 2004.

Tbhis PDF File has a different version, similar to Jim's.


I SENT HER FOR CHEESE

I sent her for cheese, o aye o aye
I sent her for cheese, o aye o aye
I sent her for cheese, and she fell and skint her knees
Oh, the world must be comin tae an end, o aye

I sent her for milk, o aye o aye
I sent her for milk, o aye o aye
I sent her for milk o an she fell an ripped her silk
Oh, the world must be comin tae an end, o aye

I sent her for breid, o aye o aye
I sent her for breid, o aye o aye
I sent her for breid, an she wis almost deid
Oh, the world must be comin tae an end, o aye

I sent her for buns, o aye o aye
I sent her for buns, o aye o aye
I sent her for buns, an she bumped intae some nuns
Oh, the world must be comin tae an end, o aye

I sent her for onions, o aye o aye
I sent her for onions o aye o aye
I sent her for onions, an she stood on someone's bunions
Oh, the world must be comin tae an end, o aye

(Identified as "new version," so I don't know how traditional the lyrics are.)