Lyr Req: Chokit on a Tattie

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chokit on a Tattie
From: Matthew Edwards
Date: 10 Jun 10 - 02:38 PM

How on earth did I come up with Stanley Robinson????

I meant Stanley Robertson, of course, whose double CD College Boy is definitely on my wishlist.

Sorry for the senior moment!

Matthew

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chokit on a Tattie
From: Jim McLean
Date: 10 Jun 10 - 01:30 PM

Just out of interest, in Paisley where I was born and grew up, near Glasgow, we never pronounced the word 'tattie'. It was always 'tottie' as in 'tottie scone', or 'a stane o' totties'.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chokit on a Tattie
From: Crowhugger
Date: 10 Jun 10 - 01:22 PM

Thank you for that link, I could spend all day noodling about the site exploring songs, stories. Almost did...but the dogs need walked.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chokit on a Tattie
From: Matthew Edwards
Date: 10 Jun 10 - 12:14 PM

The Scottish Tobar an Dualchais website has a recording of Stanley Robinson singing this song.

Matthew

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chokit on a Tattie
From: GUEST,sara
Date: 10 Jun 10 - 11:23 AM

when i was in priamry school the tattie soup song was:

i chokit on a tattie, a tattie
i chokit on a tattie, a plate o tattie
plate o tattie plate o tattie soup!

my motherphoned for the doctor the doctor
my mother phoned for the doctor
because of the tattie cos o the tattie
cos o the tattie soup!

then.

the doctor said im deeing

they put me in a coffin

the minister said hes prayer

they took me up to heaven

the angels gave me supper

and what did i get for my supper, supper
and what did i get for my supper.... aaaa plate o tattie plate o tattie plate o tattie soup!!

xxxxx

Subject: RE: chokit on a tattie
From: MMario
Date: 01 Dec 06 - 02:42 PM

"singing Kettle" does it according to an earlier thread.

the only lyrics I've been able to find about a tattie or a tattie scone is:


Posted: 06 Dec 2005 at 03:16

Last night there was a murder in a fish shop
A wee dug stole a haddie bone
A big dug tried tae take it aff her
So ah hit it wi' a tattie scone

The wee dug ran tae tell its mammy,
It's mammy wisnae in,
It took a look through the window,
An' this it what it seen:

Her false teeth were lying on the table,
Her curly wig was lying on the bed
And she was sitting in the old armchair
Screwing aff her widden leg.

Subject: RE: chokit on a tattie
From: Effsee
Date: 01 Dec 06 - 02:28 PM

A CD of that very name is available from Greentrax Recors in Edinburgh. Check out their website.

Subject: chokit on a tattie
From: Bea-Jay
Date: 01 Dec 06 - 02:24 PM

I asked about this some time ago, but it seems to have got lost somewhere.
This is a childrens' song that I can't remember all the words for. I do know that a local school has decided that dieing is not PC and now the singer has to take a pill and get well!
hope someone can help this time, thanks

P.S. any other kids songs (preferably Scots or Doric) very welcome.

Subject: RE: Chokit on a tattie
From: Effsee
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 09:36 PM

That was me by the way, sans cookie!

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Subject: RE: Chokit on a tattie
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 06:50 PM

Greentrax Recordings released a CD earlier this year with the title "Chokit on a tattie".
Recordings from the School of Scottish Studies Archives.
(Pre-PC days reordings of kids and adults singing their songs of childhood!)
CDTRAX 9022.
www.greentrax.com

Recommended!

Subject: RE: Chokit on a tattie
From: Bill D
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 06:38 PM

f**k PC censorship!

Subject: RE: Chokit on a tattie
From: Artful Codger
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 06:25 PM

Scrump, you'd better immolate yourself, or the sods will go cryogenic on your arse and clone you. ;-}

Subject: RE: Chokit on a tattie
From: Scotus
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 12:11 PM

The Tattie Soup Song is in the repertoire of Artie and Cilla's 'Singing Kettle' show - I'm fairly sure they have a web-site with lyrics.

Jack

Subject: RE: Chokit on a tattie
From: Scrump
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 12:05 PM

So it's not PC to even die now, is it?

Well s*d 'em, I fully intend to die when I'm good and ready, and I defy those b*gg*rs to stop me!

:-)

Subject: RE: Chokit on a tattie
From: JulieF
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 11:21 AM

We had one about eating a peanut - , die, go to heaven, go to hell, come back and eat another peanut - tune of my darling clemitine
J

Subject: Chokit on a tattie
From: GUEST,BeaJay
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 10:59 AM

I was trying to remember this the other day from when I was a kid, but forgotten most of it :-(
Friend of mine was saying her primary school kids had to change the words as they had to take a pill and get well, no longer allowed to die.
Political correctness has definately gone too far.