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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.
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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?