Yes, fellow Guest, this thread is a corker.

Is there not a Scottish play, a theatre piece,
called The Silver Darlings, as well?
Maybe named after the song, maybe just named after the saying.

I seem to recall reading about
Raindogs, the theatre company founded by the likes of Robert Carlyle
in Glasgow,
staging a production years ago of The Silver Darlings.

First I had heard of the term.

I wonder if dimplydoo dimple and nutty are no longer with us.