David Kilpatrick wrote:
> ...I wonder if they grabbed their Edinburgh rivals in the privy and
> cut their hair off, they way they do today? There is nothing Kelso
> girls like less than a pretty face, unless it's long blond hair. The
> town is notorious for any girl who looks half decent getting waylaid
> and scarred for life by members of the plug ugly majority!...
THE KELSO SHEARIN
Now as I went doon tae Kelso Mill
I met wi Tam MacNee
An' he looked at me wi ma lang yella hair
Wi a twinkle in his ee
Ricky doo dum day, Doo dum day,
Ricky dicky doo dum day
I asked him whaur he wis gaun the nicht
He said a pairty up Broomlaunds
An' I knew by the way he touched ma hair
That he had dead sexy hauns
Ricky doo dum day, Doo dum day,
Ricky dicky doo dum day
Aff we went through Kelso toon
I had ma new lad on ma airm
Till a gang o slags cam efter us
Intent on daein me hairm
Ricky doo dum day, Doo dum day,
Ricky dicky doo dum day
They dragged me doon a closie
Held me doon, startit tae laugh
Grabbed ma ears, an' took oot some shears
Said "C'mon girls, cut it aff!"
Ricky doo dum day, Doo dum day,
Ricky dicky doo dum day
By the time these hags were finished
I wis shocked an' feart an' stunned
As I staggered oot I wis as bald as a coot
An my hair wis on the grund
Ricky doo dum day, Doo dum day,
Ricky dicky doo dum day
Noo a' ye Edinburgh lassies
Wha come doon fer a jig
Dinna pit on airs, dinna flash yer hair
Wear a hat or e'en a wig
Ricky doo dum day, Doo dum day,
Ricky dicky doo dum day
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>From "Songs of Kelso, Gala and Frangipanni" (Rupert Calvert, 1888).
Taken down from the singing of Bauldy Shavencroon, an itinerant flax
separator from Floors.
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Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland
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