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Thread #120517   Message #2622100
Posted By: Richard Mellish
30-Apr-09 - 03:02 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Jock Geddes and the Sow
Subject: RE: Jock Geddes and the sow
Jim points out
> Chambers Scots Dictionary gives Sandy Campbell as 'a pig'.

And that prompts me to look in The Scots Dialect Dictionary (Warrack, Waverley Books), where I find the same.

That and the link provided by Martin still leave unexplained why that particular name should apply.

Anyway, I need either to find a substitute, if I'm to sing the song in English, or to give up and sing it in Scots.

Richard