The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #73095   Message #2295180
Posted By: GUEST
22-Mar-08 - 12:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req:Oh ye cannae shove yer grannie aff the bus
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You canna throw your grannie off the bus
Lookig at SD's post reminds me
("It wis murder, michty murder in the hoose"... etc)

Originally I belive that was a part of a progression suposedly reflecting Glasgow slum life.
The sequence is House -> School -> Gaol.

So the 2 subsequent verses are something like :

It's murder michty murder in the school
Where the teacher makes you sit doon on a stool
If ye dinnae ken your grammar, he'll hit you wi' a hammer
It's murder michty murder in the school

And it's murder michty murder in the gaol
Where they feed you bread and water frae a pail
If you ask them for a tinnie, they'll send you to Barlinnie
It's murder michty murder in the gaol.

You should find this version on an old Hamish Imlach album.

Chris Muriel, Manchester