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Thread #82708   Message #3228871
Posted By: Joe_F
25-Sep-11 - 05:37 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Nickety Nackety Now Now Now/NickNackSong
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nickety Nackety Now Now Now/NickNackSong
Mention of the Scottish Student's Song Book recalls the following takeoff from the University of St. Andrews Students' Union Song Book (1958):

There once was a student in college in Fife,
    Nickety nackety noo noo noo,
That lived a very exemplary life,
    Hey Willie Wallacky, ho John Dougal, the Keys and the Central and whisky-o.

He wadna smoke and he wadna drink,
And on bonnie bejantines never did think.

He went down at last wi' and honours degree,
That's something that few of us ever will see.

But he's deid noo and buried despite a' his merit,
Whit use is a chiel wha's lackin' in spirit?

The (Cross) Keys and the Central were pubs in St Andrews. A bejantine was a female first-year student.