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Cock o the Midden

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.243.A3b

Original Tape ID

SA1953.243

Summary

A street song collected in Aberdeen [by A. L. Lloyd]:

Oh I thocht when I wore the kilt
I could dance frae Tay tae Forth
Trauchlin up and doon the street
Whistlin the 'Cock o the North'.
But aa the kids they shouted,
"Awa mon wha're ye kiddin?
"Instead o bein the Cock o the North
"Ye're only the cock o the midden."

Item Notes

1 verse of 8 lines.

See:
'Personal Choice of Scottish Folksongs and Ballads' (E. MacColl, 1953) p. 65

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Scots

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R9749

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair