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Johnny Lad

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1956.168.B6

Original Tape ID

SA1956.168

Summary

In this comic nonsense song we hear silly stories of various historical personages, including Samson, who fought with cuddies' [asses'] jaws and wore crimson flannel drawers. Nineveh scratched out both his eyes then scratched them in again. Napoleon ruled the land and sea, but not Polmadie. The Queen played football with the lads on Glasgow Green, but she was a sore loser: she singled out the lead scorer of the other team and threw him in jail. The singer tells us that Johnny is the best lad, and she should know, having had twenty-nine before.

Item Notes

8 couplets with a refrain of 2 lines.

See:
Ord pp. 168-169

Recording Location

County - Lanarkshire

Parish - Glasgow

Village/Place - Glasgow

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R2587

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair