Ye Cannae Shove yer Granny aff a Bus/Katie Bairdie/Dance tae your Daddy/Three Craws Sat upon a Wa

Original Track ID

SA1960.137.1_36

Original Tape ID

SA1960.137

Summary

Children's songs.

Oh, ye cannae shove yer granny aff a bus,
Oh, ye cannae shove yer granny aff a bus,
Oh, ye cannae shove yer granny, for she's yer mammy's mammy,
Oh, ye cannae shove yer granny aff a bus.

Katie Bairdie had a coo, black and fite aboot the moo,
Wisn't that a dainty coo? Dance, Katie Bairdie.

Dance tae yer daddy, my bonnie laddie,
Dance tae yer daddy, my bonnie lamb.
Ye shall have a fishie in a little dishie,
Ye shall have a fishie, my bonnie lamb [sic].

Three craws sat upon a wa, sat upon a wa, sat upon a wa;
Three craws sat upon a wa on a cold and frosty mornin.
Oh, the first craw couldnae flee at aa ...
Oh, the second craw greetit [cried] for its ma ...
Oh, the third craw fell and broke its jaw ...
The fourth craw wisnae there at aa ...
And that's how we heard aboot the craws ...
On a cold and frosty mornin.

Item Notes

For 'Ye Cannae Shove Yer Grannie aff a Bus' (Roud Folk Song Index no. 20188), see:
'The Singing Street' (J. T. Ritchie, 1964) pp. 43-44
'Doh Ray Me, When Ah Wis Wee' (E. McVicar, 2007) pp. 206-207

For 'Kaitie Bairdie' (Roud 8945), see:
Greig-Duncan vol. 8, pp. 193-194, no. 1657
'The Singing Street' (J. T. Ritchie, 1964) p. 56
'Popular Rhymes of Scotland' (R. Chambers, 1870) pp. 35-36
'Scottish Nursery Rhymes' (N. & W. Montgomerie, 1946) pp. 99
'Dae Ye Min' Langsyne?' (A. Stewart Fraser, 1975) pp. 104-105
'Children's Games with Things' (P. & I. Opie, 1997) pp. 295-296
'Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes' (P. & I. Opie, 1951) p. 117
'Doh Ray Me, When Ah Wis Wee' (E. McVicar, 2007) pp. 126-128, 295-297

For 'Dance to Your Daddy' (Roud 2439), see:
Greig-Duncan vol.8, p. 113, no. 1562
'Popular Rhymes of Scotland' (R. Chambers, 1870) p. 18
'Dae Ye Min' Langsyne?' (A. Stewart Fraser, 1975) p. 6
'The Scotish Minstrel' vol. 2 (R. A. Smith, 1821) p. 14
'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 'Three Craws Sat Upon a Wa' (Roud 4581), see:
'Doh Ray Me, When Ah Wis Wee' (E. McVicar, 2007) p. 142

Recording Location

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R20188 R8945 R2439 GD1562 R4581

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good