I Chokit on a Tattie
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
07 March 1980
Track ID
38352
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1980.57.B7b
Original Tape ID
Summary
An Aberdeen children's street song.
I chokit on a tattie, a tattie,
I chokit on a tattie, aa through the tattie soup.
My mither sent for the doctor, the doctor,
My mither sent for the doctor, aa through the tattie soup.
The doctor said, "You're dyin ..."
They pit me in a coffin ...
I'm in a deidie holie [dead hole] ...
The minister said his prayers ...
They covered me wi sand ...
But noo I'm up in Heaven ...
The angels gave me supper, supper,
An fit I got for supper was a plate o tattie soup.
Item Notes
Sung by children playing with balls or skipping ropes. Stanley Robertson observes that the next song on the same tape (SA1980.57) always used to go along with it.
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good