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Thread #62906 Message #4223949
Posted By: GUEST,Ewan McVicar
09-Jun-25 - 03:24 PM
Thread Name: Origins: La Bamba
Subject: RE: Origins: La Bamba
I used the tune and referenced the words for a song that got into the final of a songwriting competition. I have told in a couple of places how the formerly obscure Mexican folksong was suddenly top of the Hit Parade when the final was held, so I was marked down for lack of originality My song, in Glesca langwidge, started thus:
Tam, yer a bampot Yer the original bampot Ye think that yer clever but yer not Yer just a bampot bampot
Ye tap hard men for fivers Then ye forget tae pay then So you get me to cool them Then ye try them out for anither five It's a wonder tae me that you survive You are a bampot bampot