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Thread #108112   Message #2247384
Posted By: Tootler
28-Jan-08 - 05:43 PM
Thread Name: What did your Dad used to sing?
Subject: RE: What did your Dad used to sing?
Here's some words for Katie Bairdie. It's a children's song and there are other verses out there. I will be happy to get more.

Katie Bairdie
Trad
Tune "Shirramuir"

Katie Bairdie hid a coo',
Black and white aboot the moo'
Wisna that a dainty coo'?
Dance Katie Bairdie.

Katie Bairdie hid a cat,
She could catch baith moose and rat;
Wisna that a dainty cat?
Dance Katie Bairdie.

Katie Bairdie hid a hen,
She could lay baith but an' ben;
Wisna that a dainty hen?
Dance Katie Bairdie.

Katie Bairdie hid a wife,
She could use baith fork an' knife;
Wisna that a dainty wife?
Dance Katie Bairdie.

Katie Bairdie hid a bairn,
Widna play when it cam' on rain;
Wisna that a dainty bairn?
Dance Katie Bairdie.

(Source. 101 Scottish Songs ed. Norman Buchan)

Geoff