...and look at this one:

Thread #1959   Message #899756
Posted By: IanC
27-Feb-03 - 12:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Edinburgh songs
Subject: RE: lyr add: Parody of Bonnie Dundee


Just an additional note on "Bonnie Dundee", as it doesn't seem to have any attribution in DT.

The song was originally included in the play "The Doom of Devorgoil - A Melodrama" (1830) by Sir Walter Scott. There is no particular evidence as to whether he wrote it or not, but his appears to be the earliest version of the song, so it is probable that he did (Scott wrote quite a few "folk songs").

There have been many parodies of "Bonnie Dundee" but one of the best must be by Lewis Carroll (1871) in "Through The Looking Glass (and what Alice found there)"

To the Looking-Glass world it was Alice that said
"I've a sceptre in hand, I've a crown on my head.
Let the Looking-Glass creatures, whatever they be
Come dine with the Red Queen, the White Queen and Me!"

Then fill up the glasses as quick as you can,
And sprinkle the table with buttons and bran:
Put cats in the coffee, and mice in the tea--
And welcome Queen Alice with thirty-times-three!

"O Looking-Glass creatures," quoth Alice, "draw near!
'Tis and honour to see me, a favour to ear:
'Tis a privilege high to have dinner and tea
Along with the Red Queen, the White Queen, and Me!"

Then fill up the glasses with treacle and ink,
Or anything else that is pleasant to drink:
Mix sand with the cider, and wool with the wine--
And welcome Queen Alice with ninety-times-nine!

:-)