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Thread #171327   Message #4143404
Posted By: GUEST,SUSANMACKENZIE
05-Jun-22 - 05:02 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Hurdy Gurdy Flowers in Still Game
Subject: Origins: Hurdy Gurdy Flowers in Still Game
We enjoy a Scottish comedy on Netflix entitled "Still Game." The character Jack often sings to himself "Hurdy Gurdy Flowers in the windae boxes." It is an ironic note, as his character goes from a well cultivated cottage yard with window boxes, to the imposing and impersonal facade of flat windows in the Osprey Heights towers. Some online discussion includes mentions of grandparents singing the song, but I find nothing much about it.