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16 Nov 02 - 12:30 PM (#827788) Subject: looking for widow song From: GUEST,unpluggedstory@aol.com I'm looking for the lyrics to a song about a woman with several husbands (in succession). The chorus is I ken I'm goodlookin an handsome an braw An though I'm a widow that's nae thing of a And if some bonny laddie wuid tak me awa Then I'd be his bride in the mornin And one of the verses is about a baker with lots of dough but couldn't rise in the morning. Anybody? Thanks! Wendy Fife, Scotland |
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16 Nov 02 - 12:52 PM (#827803) Subject: Lyr Add: THE GOOD-LOOKING WIDOW (L. Cheyne) From: Sorcha THE GOOD-LOOKING WIDOW (L. Cheyne) I ken I'm good-lookin' an' handsome an' braw And though I'm a widow that's nothin' at a' And if some bonnie laddie will tak' me awa Then I'll be his bride in the mornin' I'm a good-lookin'widow, nae wonder ye stare I've had three men already, as sure as you're there And it's nae for anither my heart'll be sair For I'll get anither ae mornin' The first man I had was a baker tae trade He was a loafer, and very low-bred Fond o' me but mair fond o' his bed So I got anither ae mornin' The second man I had was a tailor tae trade He was a dab-hand wi' needle an' thread He'd a wart on his neck whaur his collar gaed on That he used for a stud in the mornin' The third man I had was a fella ca'd Sam He was a good man but he lik d a dram Sae oor married life didnae last awf'y lang And I got anither ae mornin' (as sung by Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise) Found over at Henry's Songbook |
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16 Nov 02 - 12:54 PM (#827806) Subject: RE: looking for widow song From: Sorcha e mail sent |
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16 Nov 02 - 09:19 PM (#828091) Subject: RE: looking for widow song From: Susanne (skw) It's also on the 'Scots Women' CD, sung by Anne Neilson, with a little note: [2001:] The song [...] is a cheerful tale of serial marital mayhem with its roots in the music hall tradition. Anne learned it from the singing of Janet Weatherston of Edinburgh. (Notes 'Scots Women') |