Lyr ADD: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie

Subject: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 10 Jul 02 - 06:25 PM

Does anyone have the words for this song, which I have heard around various sessions in Scotland? It uses the tune of "The man that broke the bank at Monte Carlo" It was sung also at my parents' Golden Wedding anniversary party, not too far away from Inverurie< though I am sure my dear mother never did the strip at Inverurie!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 10 Jul 02 - 07:04 PM

I am sure somebody will provide the lyrics.

It was written by the talented June Imrie, and is a very funny song.

I think it would be entitled "The Quine that Does the Strip at Inverurie" ?

Murray

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 12 Jul 02 - 09:12 AM

June Imray has an album "The Best of the Torry Quine" which contains "The Quine Who Does the Strip at Inverurie." See her web site: www.torryquine.com

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 16 Jul 02 - 08:28 PM

Thanks for that Jim: I shall probably order the CD!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Snuffy
Date: 16 Jul 02 - 09:03 PM

I've always wondered about the correct pronunciation - should there really be a double R (Inver-ROO-rie) or is it actually a single R (Inver-YOU-rie)?

WassaiL! V

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 17 Jul 02 - 08:44 PM

Always ponounced Inver-ROO-rie in my experience, at least by anyone singing the song.

Murray

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 20 Aug 02 - 06:31 PM

Got the Cd just before my hols and have enjoyed it: The title is "does" but in some verses she sings "did" and in others "does" - just to complicate things!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 20 Aug 02 - 10:13 PM

Tattie: Why not post the lyrics here just to satisfy the curiosity of the rest of us?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 28 Aug 02 - 06:40 PM

I will when I've had time to sit down with the CD and overwork the "pause button" as they are not printed in the sleeve! Tattie B

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST,micca at work
Date: 29 Aug 02 - 04:46 AM

Funny how often a song is mentioned here and then shortly afterwards I hear it sung, somone did this song at Towersey last w/e, it was funny!! I would like to see the lyrics too as I am sure the Scottish accent in which it was sung inadvertantly obscured the humour in places!

Subject: Lyr Add: THE QUINE WHO DOES THE STRIP AT INVERURIE
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 07:13 PM

Here goes: hope I've got it right, including phonetics and glossary! I think it was written even before Princess Diana or Camilla. June Imray who wrote it was Grampian TV's first female newsreader in the 70's, and the accent is definitely Aberdonian (Inverurie being in Aberdeenshire)

Tune: The man that broke the bank at Monte Carlo

THE QUINE WHO DOES THE STRIP AT INVERURIE

Oh I'm nae Brigitte (pron the "te") Bardot and I'm nae Sophia Loren
Miss United Kingdom, oh no, ye're wrang again,
And I'm nae Prince Charles's girlfriend or even Miss Grampienne
I'm the quine that dis the srip at Inverurie.

Oh I used to operate a loom at Richards' factory
I liked it fine enough, b'it jist wisnae right for me
Wi' ma figure and ma looks and ma personality
I was born tae dee the strip at Inverurie.

I ta'en a busfare tae the Castlegate one day to see the sights
A mannie says, "Hey darling, would you like to hit the heights?"
"Oh ye're wasted in a factory, I can pit yer name in lights"
So I signed tae dee the strip at Inverurie.

Oh I met a fermer at a dance, he asked to see me hame,
He started getting funny when he got me up a lane,
I says, "Fa (who) d'ye think I am, I'm nae jist onyb'dy ye ken,
(Posh voice!) "I'm the quine that does the strip at Inverurie".

Oh I met a Texas millionnaire, he swept me aff my feet,
He gave me furs and diamonds, and a shop in Union Street,
Oh he wanted me tae merry'im, but I found I couldnae dee't
Cos I would mess (miss) the fun I hae in Inverurie.

Oh they phoned me up fae Grampian (pron Grumpiun), they said "We'll do a deal,
Yer fee'll be a fiver, and a lovely canteen meal,
Tho' I couldnae spake fer laughing, I said, "Hame and da' be feel,
I strip for eighty pounds at Inverurie.

Oh I think I'll still be at it even when I'm old and grey
I winna give up stripping till they carry me away,
When I reach the pearly gates at last I'll be really proud to say,
"I'm the quine that did the strip at Inverurie."


The line that caused me the most difficulty was the bit about "Hame and da' be feel" which means "away home and don't be so stupid" - unless someone knows otherwise!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST,D Russell
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 07:45 PM

Surely that line is "Hame an' Dinna be feil" "Home and don't be a nutter"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 04 Sep 02 - 06:55 PM

According to my Scots dictionary "feel" or "fuil" means foolish or stupid, but I suppose "nutter" conveys the same meaning. On the CD "Dinna" sounds to me like "D'a", so maybe I got the apostrophe in the wrang place, if you really want to split hairs!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 06:34 PM

Should be "bussie" not "busfare" I've just realised.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST,Fae June Imrie
Date: 23 Jan 09 - 04:52 PM

Hi folks fae bonnie Scotland, Am no June Imray but I am the June Imrie and I do sing and play ye auld tradition Scotts and Irish music, look for the 'Tayport Tinkies on the net'. i can shed a wee bitty 'o' light on ya poor wee beasties of the Scotts tongue. Just one problem, within each area of Scotland you will find many dialects (excuse the spelling mistakes. Let me know if you need more info'.
Cheers June

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 08:04 PM

Good to hear from you June, but do you mean to say you are, or are not, the person who wrote THE QUINE WHO DOES THE STRIP AT INVERURIE?

In other words, are June Imray and June Imrie two different people who both happen to be singers? Or is one of them a misspelling?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 08:07 PM

I've heard Carol Prior sing a mean version of this!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Oct 09 - 08:37 PM

My Grandmother is from the North East of Scotland and often sings this song as a party piece. I'm fairly sure that the line is actually "hey min da' be feel" as in "hey you / man don't be silly"...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: eddie1
Date: 22 Oct 09 - 02:32 AM

This might just be the inspiration for the song!!!!

Quine doing a Strip!

This is only one reason why I'm so proud of my Scottish heritage!

Dream on Eddie


Eddie

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: BobKnight
Date: 22 Oct 09 - 05:57 AM

"Guest 21st October" is correct. The line is NOT "Hame and da' be feel" it's "Hey min da' be feel" which translates as "Hey man, don't be a fool." It's a scornful, and dismissive expression, in daily use in the N.E. of Scotland.

June comes from Aberdeen - Torry being part of Aberdeen, so as an Aberdonian myself, you're getting it straight from the horses mouth.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 22 Oct 09 - 02:02 PM

I don't have the time to get a citation, but somewhere I read that a teenager girl working the strip clubs of New Orleans has only a three percent change of living to adulthood.

You can read more about stuff like this at this article:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004453793_search03m.html

Notice the reference to 'six cold-case homicides' and people disappearing. I bet most of the victims were young women.

In my opinion, whoever wrote this 'funny' song has a sad lack of knowledge about how the world wags.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quine that did the strip at Inverurie
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 22 Oct 09 - 07:53 PM

I don't have the time to get a citation, but somewhere I read that GUEST posters on Mudcat have only a three percent chance of living to adulthood without undergoing a sense of humor bypass op.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine Who Does the Strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST,phil
Date: 01 Feb 10 - 07:41 PM

Hilarious to compare any urban environment with Inverurie particularly a violent american one. Inverurie is a rural farming comunity and when the song was written the very idea of such an event occurring was in itself a laugh. When one has heard June Imrie the composer of this song singing it one could not adopt such a critical attitude to it.
Autre pays autre temps

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine Who Does the Strip at Inverurie
From: akenaton
Date: 02 Feb 10 - 05:03 AM

Exactly so Phil......June Imrie is great!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine Who Does the Strip at Inverurie
From: akenaton
Date: 02 Feb 10 - 05:13 AM

A taste of Aiberdonian humour here

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine Who Does the Strip at Inver
From: GUEST,Mo
Date: 04 Apr 10 - 04:48 AM

Has anyone any idea where I can buy cd with the Quine who did the strip at Inverurie
thanks

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine Who Does the Strip at Inverurie
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 05 Apr 10 - 10:18 PM

I just learned that the song is properly called THE QUINE FA DIS THE STRIP AT INVERURIE – according to the CD publisher.

The following is being advertised at Sleepytown Records (Go to that web page and then click "North East Recordings."):


JUNE IMRAY - THE TORRY QUINE

June Imray recorded two LPS in the 70s, 'The Torry Quine' and 'The Torry Quine Again'. The north east humour in a mixture of song and spoken word made her a huge success and an Aberdonian legend. Both LPs are now released on 1 CD.

Twenty Two Tracks: The Quine Fa Dis The Strip at Inverurie, Sally's Wedding, Castlegate Ina, Hogmany, Ida's Diet, The Lady's Choice, Granny's Bucket, The Café, Quine's Lament, The Schoolboy Ida, The Babysitter, The Torry Quine, Aiberdeen Ole΄, Ida and the Sweepie, The Aiberdeen Exile, The Last Bus Hame, Rita of the Regal, The Fallen Woman, The Flittin', Mary's Party, Carlos, Ida's Christmas, The Torry Quine Again.
        
CD £13.69

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverur
From: GUEST,Mo
Date: 22 May 10 - 04:03 AM

I tried Sleepytown who no longer have torry Quine by June imray
thanks anyway
mo

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: Jack Campin
Date: 08 Feb 11 - 05:40 PM

Actually, it WASN'T a ridiculous idea for a strip club to operate in Inverurie. It actually happened. The audience were oil workers based in Aberdeen, and Inverurie was far enough away that Aberdeen City Council couldn't stop it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: Jack Campin
Date: 08 Feb 11 - 06:06 PM

And I just found this. There's a new edition of June Imray's book:

Title
    2nd Revised edition of The Quine who does the strip at Inverurie
Subtitle
    Songs, Poems and Stories by North East Scotland's Funniest Lady
Authors and contributors
    By (author) June Imray
Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 76
    Width: 148.00 mm
    Height: 210.00 mm
ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780954145811
    ISBN 10: 095414581X
Edition
    2
Edition statement
    2nd Revised edition

Publisher
    Davis Media
Imprint name
    Davis Media
Publication date
    13 November 2010
Publication City/Country
    Aberdeen/GB

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: Van
Date: 09 Feb 11 - 05:51 PM

Hard though it may be to believe but my neice was taught this in primary school many years ago. Doubtless any teacher teaching this to a six/seven year old now would be sacked.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Jul 12 - 07:43 AM

Well Jack I stand corrected
The last time I was in Inverurie was in the 50s -Vivien Heilbron country then
Phil

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Mar 20 - 08:23 AM

I´ve heard the line in the grampian tv verse sung as "C´mon man dinnae be feel" and as someone born and bred in Inverurie I am pretty sure that´s what she said.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 16 Mar 20 - 08:35 AM

Bob Knight already clarified that over 10 years ago! See his post from 22.10.09! I'm happy with his definition.

And June's name IS IMRAY, not Imrie, just to clear that one up too.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 16 Mar 20 - 08:46 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIfd6_gSBfk

A take of it on YouTube.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 16 Mar 20 - 08:48 AM

Reading this I was reminded of another parody which I can't find here:

As she walks along the Bois de Boulogne
With a heart as heavy as lead
She wishes she was dead
She has lost her maidenhead
Oh her heart's in a funk and covered with sp***
And her knickers are torn
And her c*** is worn
She’s the girl that lowered the price
At Monte Carlo.

(From my rugby playing days)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST,jim bainbridge
Date: 16 Mar 20 - 10:07 AM

John Eaglesham used the same tune for his song about 'Inveroran'.

As a lifelong Scottish patriot. John could never accept that it was an English tune, his argument being that it was 'far too good a tune to be English'.

This was, of course, said tongue-in-cheek, but at a Kent festival, when I was introducing my own effort at 'Inveroran' I quoted John's comment- it went down quite badly with some English 'nationalists, who took it seriously.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 16 Mar 20 - 07:29 PM

Oops Jim. Inveroran is a great song: usually done with actions on the chorus!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST,jim bainbridge
Date: 17 Mar 20 - 01:08 PM

Yes, but hard to do while accompanying myself on the melodeon....

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 17 Mar 20 - 02:25 PM

Ha-ha, Jim! You can rely on your audience to do it for you! At least, whenever I've seen/heard it sung!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: GUEST
Date: 04 May 22 - 01:04 PM

Just heard it on Radio 4 Scotland . . Gary Innes requests . . . BRILLIANT !!    I think sung by June herself. . . How do I get to hear it again,and send it on .
L’écossais volant

Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: The Quine fa Dis the Strip at Inverurie
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 12 May 22 - 02:02 PM

If you're in the UK, you'll probably get it on BBC Sounds for a limited period: a program/app which allows you to listen again to BBC radio programmes.
There are a couple of versions on YouTube, tho' sadly not June's own: but they both have changed some of the words and one has also changed part of the tune!
Several friends sing it too, mainly those from Aberdeenshire so the accent is pretty authentic, but they haven't recorded it.