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Thread #29368 Message #3233129
Posted By: Jim Dixon
03-Oct-11 - 01:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Wedding of McGinnis to His Cross-Eyed Pet
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Marriage of the Ginnis
This text is from Folk-Song in Buchan: and Folk-Song of the North-East by Gavin Grieg (Hatboro, Pa., Folklore Associates, 1963.). I had to piece this together from several "snippets" so it might not be complete and there could be some errors.
THE WEDDIN' OF MCGINNIS TO HIS CROSS-EYED PET
Pey attention tae my sang, an' I'll tell ye o' a weddin' On the thirty-first o' July, at the toon o' Sleepy'-steadin'; A' the countryside wis there, for ye didna need a biddin Tae the mairrage o' M'Ginnis tull his cross-eyed pet.
There wis lots o' fun an' frolic, tho' we hidna a piana But a fluter wi' a niz for a' the earth like a banana, An' a piper wi' his chanter in a seek that heeld guana At the mairrage o' M'Ginnis tull his cross-eyed pet.
Tootle tootle gaed the flute, fiddle fiddle gaed the fiddle They gaed reelin' oot an' in again, an' up an' doon the middle; An' they ging-a-ringit roon aboot like sheelicks roon a riddle. At the mairrage o' M'Ginnis to his cross-eyed pet.
A fiddler he cam' doon the howe, fae Mains o' Butterscotlie, An' his fiddle it wis cobbit up wi' batter, glue, an' potty; If the instrument wis paralyst the fiddler he gaed dotty. At the mairrage o' M'Ginnis tull his cross-eyed pet.
Av, an' syne there wis some singin' fae a cheelie ca'd Macara, Till he tried them wi' a versie o' a sang they ca' Ta-ra-ra; He gaed there upon a bicycle, hit hame upon a harra Fae the mairrage o' M'Ginnis tull his cross-eyed pet.
A tinkler wi' a timmer leg he danc't like ane dementit; In the middle o' a fowersome reel he brak' it throu' an' tint it, But they men't it wi' a barra tram, an' he gaed hame contentit Fae the mairrage o' M'Ginnis to his cross-eyed pet.
Fin M'Ginnis yokit tee tae dance ye never iaw his marra, 'Twid-a' min't ye on a grubber dancin' wi' an iron harra, Tull he tum'lt ower the sweetie wife an' landit in her barra, At the mairrage o' M'Ginnis tull his cross-eyed pet.
There wis pottit heid an' herrin' reed, and jeely on the table, An' a rooth o' tatie bannocks near as heich s the toor o' Babel; There wis roly-polys roon the sides, an' hens at ilka gable At the mairrage o' M'Ginnis tull his cross-eyed pet.
Syne some gaed east an some gaed wast, an' tee the door wis yarkit, For the din wis like the skellin' o' a Faistern Even market ; But I fell doon an open drain, an' baith my shins wis barkit, Stytterin' hameworth fae the mairrage o' M'Ginnis tull his cross-eyed pet.