Lyr Req: Belfast rhyme: 'I know who's going with m

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Lyr Req: Belfast rhyme: 'I know who's going with m

15 Jun 07 - 02:55 PM (#2078046)
Subject: looking for lyrics of belfast rhyme -
From: GUEST

hI, IM looking for the music and lyrics of an old belfast rhyme/song - first line is 'im going down the town, and i know whos going with me' - does anyone know this - please help!

15 Jun 07 - 03:03 PM (#2078053)
Subject: RE: looking for lyrics of belfast rhyme -
From: Joe Offer

Hi -
Could it be:

Complete lyrics here (click).

-Joe-

15 Jun 07 - 03:18 PM (#2078064)
Subject: RE: looking for lyrics of belfast rhyme -
From: Jim McLean

I mentioned recently on another link that as kids in the west of Scotland we sang

16 Jun 07 - 12:30 AM (#2078420)
Subject: RE: looking for lyrics of belfast rhyme -
From: Jimmy C

My mother used to sing this song, this is all I can remember.

I know where I'm going,
And I know who's going with me.
I know who I love,
But dear knows who I'll marry.

I have stockings of silk
Shoes of fine green(finest) leather
Combs to buckle my hair
And a ring for every finger

Some say he's dark
But I say he's bonny
the fairest of them all
Is my handsome winsome Johnny

Feather beds are soft
And painted rooms are bonny
But I will leave them all
To go with my love Johnny

16 Jun 07 - 12:44 AM (#2078422)
Subject: RE: looking for lyrics of belfast rhyme -
From: Little Robyn

There's a version of that in the DT here.
Robyn

22 Jun 07 - 05:00 PM (#2084371)
Subject: RE: looking for lyrics of belfast rhyme -
From: GUEST,guest

many thanks for the help guys - but its not the right song

this is wghat i can remember

Im going down the town, and i know whose going with me

and then there is a line about granny doing the washing, and im going to look at fashion

its an old belfast rhyme, and i heard a woman singing it a while back, and it has stuck in my head.

PLEASE HELP