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23 Sep 03 - 06:22 PM (#1023884) Subject: Tune Req: the tattie howkers tune From: tuggy mac where can the abve be found on midi anyone please |
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23 Sep 03 - 06:33 PM (#1023892) Subject: RE: Tune Req: the tattie howkers tune From: Joe Offer Hi, Tuggie Mac - That one is here (click) in the Digital Tradition - but I admit it was a little hard to find. -Joe Offer- |
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24 Sep 03 - 01:09 AM (#1024121) Subject: RE: Tune Req: the tattie howkers tune From: LadyJean The friend I learned it from sang it to "Wha Wouldnae Fit for Charlie". She learned it from a former tatie houwker. She also learned: "Hi hi the tattie houkers gang tae the harvest ball. Some of them have big fat asses, some of them have none at all." |
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24 Sep 03 - 02:36 AM (#1024135) Subject: RE: Tune Req: the tattie howkers tune From: mouldy For 42nd, use "tattie houkers". My dad used to start to sing that one every time anyone mentioned the Black Watch, aka 42nd Highlanders! He said that a tattie houker was a potato-peeling person. Needless to say, he was in another regiment - I don't think the Black Watch themselves sing the "tattie houker" version! The tune is their march and quite well known. I can hum it, play it, and have even used it once for a dance with our NW side, but I can't remember its name. (I always call it "Tattie Houkers"). It is also used as the tune for the Eynsham morris dance "The March Past" according to the notes on "Plain Capers". The website for the regiment may at least be able to provide the name for the tune. Andrea |
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24 Sep 03 - 04:36 AM (#1024168) Subject: RE: Tune Req: the tattie howkers tune From: Scabby Douglas A "tattie-howker" or "houker" is someone who works lifting potatoes. My colleague at work here, who is from an agricultural background, further asserts that it specifically refers to the removal of the tatties from the soil after it has been dug. It is hard and back-breaking work. Which must be why the practice of recruiting schoolkids to do it was widespread. In the North-East of Scotland, the Autumn mid-term break from school is widely known as the "Tattie Holidays". I get this from my brother who has lived up that direction for the last 15 years. It really has nothing to do with potato-peelings - wholesale or retail. Matt McGinn uses "howkin'" in "Coorie Doon" and also in "Manyura Manyah" to refer to coal-mining... Cheers Steven |
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24 Sep 03 - 05:30 AM (#1024193) Subject: RE: Tune Req: the tattie howkers tune From: tuggy mac thanks to joe offer for tattie howkers. would love the lyrics from mudcatter lady janes version above, please anyone. |
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24 Sep 03 - 05:31 AM (#1024194) Subject: RE: Tune Req: the tattie howkers tune From: tuggy mac OOps sorry ! I meant lady jean. |
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24 Sep 03 - 05:40 AM (#1024199) Subject: Lyr Req: tattie howkers funny version From: tuggy mac Mudcatter lady jean sent the first verse of the funny version ,which go"s hi hi the tattie howkers gang to the harvest ball some of them had big fat arses some of them had none at all. can anyone provide the rest please. Cheers Tuggy mac. |
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24 Sep 03 - 05:43 AM (#1024200) Subject: RE: Tune Req: the tattie howkers tune From: John MacKenzie Howkin' Tatties, Howkin' Coal, or Howkin' winkies oot thir shells wi a peen. It's hooking and hauling really. Giok |
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24 Sep 03 - 05:48 AM (#1024204) Subject: RE: Tune Req: the tattie howkers tune From: tuggy mac or howkin a big salmon giok? |
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24 Sep 03 - 05:57 AM (#1024211) Subject: RE: Chord Req: tattie howkers funny version From: tuggy mac ? |
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24 Sep 03 - 08:35 AM (#1024274) Subject: RE: Tune Req: the tattie howkers tune From: John MacKenzie Only after dark Mac!! Giok |
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24 Sep 03 - 12:46 PM (#1024365) Subject: RE: Tune/lyr/chords Req: the tattie howkers From: Joe Offer Hi, Lady Jean - up above, you posted partial lyrics to a parody, and Tuggy Mac asked if you could post the whole thing. You also mentioned "Wha Wouldnae Fit for Charlie" - could you post that one for me, please? Is the tune different from the one we have in the Digital Tradition (click to play)? Thanks. -Joe Offer- |
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24 Sep 03 - 12:57 PM (#1024370) Subject: RE: Tune/lyr/chords Req: the tattie howkers From: Jim McLean I think Lady Jean means 'Wha widna fecht for Chairlie'? |
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24 Sep 03 - 01:23 PM (#1024388) Subject: RE: Tune/lyr/chords Req: the tattie howkers From: ard mhacha In the north of Ireland in October we would have skipped a couple of weeks of school to go Tattie Hokin`. Ten bob [shillings] a week was a god-send in the late 1940s. Ard Mhacha. |
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24 Sep 03 - 02:20 PM (#1024429) Subject: RE: Tune/lyr/chords Req: the tattie howkers From: tuggy mac thanks every one. no chords as of yet though? All the best. tuggy mac |