Mudcat Café message #1652163

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Thread #88200 Message #1652163
Posted By: Abby Sale
20-Jan-06 - 03:00 PM
Thread Name: Happy! - Jan 20 (Grandmother's Day)
Subject: Happy! – Jan 20 (Grandmother's Day)

In Bulgaria it's Babin Den;
Jan 20 is Grandmother's Day.

Happy Grandmother's Day!


          Never hit your granny with a shovel,
          It leaves a bad impression on her mind,
          In some other way impart,
          All the love that's in your heart,
          And remember that she may retort in kind.
  
                  "Never Hit Granny," DigTrad filename[ HITGRANN
  
  ALSO:
          Granny's in the cellar,
          I'm surprised you canna smell her
          Baking biscuits on her damned old dirty stove
          In her eye there is some matter,
          It keeps dripping in the batter
          And she whistles while the [sniff] runs doon her nose.
  
          Give me that...ho-o-ome cooking...
  
                  As learned from Roy Williamson (1936-1990) one ceilidh night at Hillend in 1968
                  Also in A Prairie Home Companion Folksong Book by Marcia & Jon Pankake, 1988