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Sing Tae Yer Mammy/Clap Clap Handies/I'll Awa Hame

Date 10 July 1961
Track ID 37205
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1961.44.B10

Original Tape ID

SA1961.044

Summary

Three children's songs.

'Sing tae yer Mammy'

Sing tae yer Mammy, my bonnie laddie,
Sing tae yer Mammy, my bonnie dear.
You'll get a fishie, in a little dishie,
You'll get a fishie, when the boat comes in.

Dance tae yer Daddy, my bonnie laddie,
Dance tae yer Daddy, my bonnie dear.
You'll get a fishie, in a little dishie,
You'll get a fishie, when the boat comes in.

'Clap Clap Handies'

Clappa clappa handies, Mummy's at the mill,
Daddy said tae Mummy he's getting half a gill.
Clappa clappa handies, Mummy's comin hame,
Daddy's got the pennies, and Mummy she's got nane.

'I'll Awa Hame'

I'll no bide wi ma granny nae mair,
I'll no bide wi ma granny nae mair,
For she skelps me and she pulls ma hair,
O I'll no bide wi ma granny nae mair.

I'll gae hame tae ma mither, I will.
I'll gae hame tae ma mither, I will,
For she has a wee shop at the foot o the hill
And she sells a wee drappy at tuppence a gill.

I'll no bide wi ma granny nae mair,
I'll no bide wi ma granny nae mair,
For she skelps me and she pulls ma hair,
O I'll no bide wi ma granny nae mair.

Item Notes

The last of the three songs, 'I'll Awa Hame' (Roud 9514), is sung to the tune 'When She Cam Ben, She Bobbit' (also known as 'The Laird o Cockpen'). Cf. also Roud 6140.

For 'Dance to Your Daddy' (Roud 2439) see:
Greig-Duncan vol. 8, p. 113, no. 1562
'The Scotish [sic] Minstrel' vol. 2 (R. A. Smith, 1821) p. 14
'Popular Rhymes of Scotland' (R. Chambers, 1870) p. 18
'Dae Ye Min' Langsyne?' (A. Stewart Fraser, 1975) p. 6
'Scottish Nursery Rhymes' (N. & W. Montgomerie, 1946) pp. 89-90
'Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes' (P. Opie & I. Opie, 1951) pp. 140-141
'Andrew Crawfurd's Collection of Ballads & Songs' vol. 2 (E. Lyle, 1996) p. 145

For 'Clap Clap Handies' (Roud 12963/19304) see:
Greig-Duncan vol. 8, p. 114, no. 1564
'Games a Bogie' (M. Sinclair, 1989) p. 13
'Sandy Candy' (N. & W. Montgomerie, 1948) pp. 63, 67
'Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes' (P. Opie & I. Opie, 1951) pp. 196-197

For 'I'll Awa Hame' (Roud 9514 and cf. Roud 6140) see:
'Songs and Ballads of Dundee' (N. Gatherer, 2000) p. 140
Greig-Duncan vol. 4, pp. 469-470, no. 897
'Poems & Songs' (A. Rodger, 1838) pp. 260-263
'Poems & Songs' (A. Rodger, ed. R. Ford, 1897) pp. 76-78
'Book of Scottish Song' (A. Whitelaw, 1845) p. 164

Recording Location

County - Angus

Parish - Dundee

Village/Place - Dundee

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair