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Thread #29368   Message #4035208
Posted By: GUEST,Starship
20-Feb-20 - 09:30 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Wedding of McGinnis to His Cross-Eyed Pet
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Wedding of McGinnis to His Cross-Eyed Pet
I`m adding these lyrics as is in the event the site from which they come disappears. It may add some stanzas to Jim Dixon`s transliteration. From
http://www.nefa.net/archive/collections/bandbpages/trans/1994026t.htm


'The Weddin o Mcginnis till His Cross-Eyed Pet'

Come and listen tae ma sang and I'll tell ye o a weddin,
On the thirty first o Julie at the toon o Sleepy Steadin,
A the countryside were there for they didnae need a biddin,
For the waddin o Mcginnis to his cross-eyed pig.

We hid plenty fun and frolic though we didnae hae a piano,
There wis a fluter wi a nose for a' the earth like a banana,
An a piper wi a chaunter wi a sacred ???,
For the waddin o Mcginnis to his cross-eyed pet.

Toodle-oot gaed the flute, tiddle-iddle gaed the fiddle,
They gaed reelin oot and in again and up and doon the middle,
They ???? a' roon aboot like sheelicks roon a riddle,
For the waddin o Mcginnis to his cross-eyed pet.

A fiddler he came doon the howe fae Mains o Butterscottie,
His fiddle it got cloggit up wi butter, glue and putty,
His instrument got paralysed, the fiddler he got dottie,
For the waddin o Mcginnis to his cross-eyed pet.

A soutar wi the timmer leg he danced again demented,
In the middle o a four-some reel he broke it throw and dented,
Sine he mended wi a barra tram and he gaed hame contented,
For the waddin o Mcginnis to his cross-eyed pet.

Syne Mcginnis, he began tae dance, ye niver seen his marra,
For he mind ye o a grubber dancin wi an iron harra,
Till he cowpit ower the sweetie wife and landed in her barra,
For the waddin o Mcginnis to his cross-eyed pet.

We hid potted heid, and herrin reed, and jeely on the table,
And a reef o sauty bannocks nearly ??? ower a riddle,
There were roly-polys roon aboot, and hens and ilkae ???,
At the waddin o Mcginnis to his cross-eyed pet.

Syne some gaed East and some gaed West, and seen the door wis yarkit,
For the din wis like the scalin o an Easter feein market,
But I fell doon an open drain and baith my shins were barkit,
As I gaed hame fae the weddin o my cross-eyed pet.

Toodle-oot gaed the flute, tiddle-iddle gaed the fiddle,
They gaed reelin oot and in again and up and doon the middle,
They ???? a' roon aboot like sheelicks roon a riddle,
For the waddin o Mcginnis to his cross-eyed pet.

04 [some verses, resung]

Syne Mcginnis he began tae dance, ye niver seen his marra,
For he mind ye o a grubber dancin wi an iron harra,
Till he cowpit ower the sweetie wife and landed in her barra,
For the waddin o Mcginnis to his cross-eyed pet.

We hid potted heid, and herrin reed, and jeely on the table,
And a reef o sauty bannocks nearly ??? ower a ???,
There were roly-polys roon aboot, and hens and ilkae ???,
At the waddin o Mcginnis till his cross-eyed pet.

Syne some gaed East and some gaed West, and seen the door wis yarkit,
For the din wis like the scalin o an Easter feein market,
But I fell doon an open drain and baith my shins were barkit,
As I gaed hameward fae the weddin o my cross-eyed pet.

Toodle-oot gaed the flute, tiddle-iddle gaed the fiddle,
They gaed reelin oot and in again and up and doon the middle,
They ???? a' roon aboot like sheelicks roon a riddle,
For the waddin o Mcginnis to his cross-eyed pet.

[MB] At's mebbe better! [laughs].

[TM] And where did you come across that one.

[MB] Well, I dinna ken far I get them fae. I suppose ma brither, because he sang at eens ye see, he sang a that kin o eens. On Hogmanay nicht! At's fan he sung em. He'd a drink in. [laughs].

[TM] He wouldn't sing at any other time.

[MB] No, he aye sung at een on Hogmanay nicht, 'The Weddin o Mcginnis.' Mm hmm, aye, ah weel, weel. Whit time?