Lyr Req: The Wee Malkies?

Subject: The Wee Malkies?
From: Mac Tattie
Date: 18 Nov 01 - 10:00 AM

This recetation was brought up in a dinner-time conversation at work a couple of days ago and I said that I had the words at home, but, ah cannie fin thum so whit wull ah dae when the wee Malkies come? Help. cheers

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Wee Malkies?
From: GUEST,john c
Date: 18 Nov 01 - 11:29 AM

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Wee Malkies?
From: masato sakurai
Date: 18 Nov 01 - 11:53 AM

The Coming of the Wee Malkies.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Wee Malkies?
From: Mac Tattie
Date: 18 Nov 01 - 04:14 PM

Great stuff thanks a bunch. Now I just have to relearn these verses for to-morrow's dinner break. cheers

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Wee Malkies?
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 19 Nov 01 - 05:24 AM

See also this previous discussion:  Scottish prose help...Maulkies

Subject: Lyr Add: THE COMING OF THE WEE MALKIES (Mulrine)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 12 Jan 02 - 11:15 PM

THE COMING OF THE WEE MALKIES
(Stephen Mulrine)

Haw missis, whit'll ye dae when the wee Malkies come,
If they dreep doon affy the wash-hoose dyke,
An pit the hems oan the sterrheid light,
An play wee heidies oan the clean close wa,
Missis, whit'll ye dae?

Whit'll ye dae when the wee Malkies come,
If they chap yir door an choke yir drains,
An caw the feet fae yir sapsy weans,
An tummle thur wulkies through yir sheets,
An tim thur ahes oot in the street,
Missis, whit'll ye dae?

Whit'll ye dae when the wee Malkies come,
If they chuck thur screwtaps doon the pan,
An stick the heid oan the sanitry man,
When ye hear thum shauchlin doon yir loaby,
Chanting, "Wee Malkies! The gemme's a bogey!"
Haw, missis, whit'll ye dae?

[Recited by Adam McNaughtan on "Words, Words, Words" (which is reissued as a double CD, with "The Glasgow That I Used to Know," as "The Words That I Used to Know," Greentrax, 2000.]