Barra Gadgies
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1957
Track ID
31530
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1957.19.B2
Original Tape ID
Summary
A short spontaneous song in cant:
O, the barra gadgies is aw in the ken
An wir peevin aw like navvies tae
An we sent the ither gheddi
Up fir peeve and he didnae bing [chat?]
Here he comes noo, oh
Wi the peeve aneth his [cowie/towie?]
And if ah get him [?] the nicht
Ah'll [?] mowd him, oh.
The contributor gives an English translation.
Item Notes
1 verse of 8 lines.
Cant vocabulary:
barra: good
gadgies: men
ken: house
peeve: drink (whisky)
peevin: drinking
gheddi: young lad
bing: come
mowd: hit, kill
Recording Location
County - Stirlingshire
Parish - Kippen
Village/Place - Kippen
Language
English, Traveller Cant (Scots/Romani)
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair