Nigel Gatherer wrote:
>
Nigel, this is sub-judice. In fact the girl was from Kelso. You've just
written a pretty good ballad on an ACTUAL INCIDENT LAST WEEK. (Actually,
it's pretty traumatic and is being treated as a serious assault by the police).
How on earth did you know that the Gemini II Club is, indeed, right next
to Hogarth's Oat and Meal Mills in Vasult Square?
You must be that old geezer the girls complain about hanging around in
the wynds...
(NB: brilliant. Quite excellent. We have our Kelso 'Session' on Friday
officially listed by the tourist board for this week so we'll just have
to sing this one!)
David
> 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
>
> ...................................................................
> >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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