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NEFA
1994.059.01 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: Grannie's Hielan Hame (parody)
FL: There stauns a wee shack at the back o that hoose
S: Parody by AD. Turns everything on its head, inspired by a
parody of Galway Bay. Burl Ives was a favorite. [Cont. from 1994.058.]
NEFA
1994.059.02 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: The first song he ever sung
S: Used to sing country and western songs and various 'weepers'.
NEFA
1994.059.03 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: Six Feet of Earth Makes Us all One Size
FL: I will sing you a song of the world and its ways
S: Two verses of an American song.
NEFA
1994.059.04 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: The Song of the Prune
FL: Nowadays we often gaze on women over fifty
S: Humorous song from Frank Croment[?].
NEFA
1994.059.05 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: Scotland's Tattie Soup
FL: In distant days, the bible says God got the inclination
S: Humorous song by AD. [See next item for more information.]
NEFA
1994.059.06 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: Making parodies
S: Just picks up on issues or phrases and builds songs on them.
The previous song was based on a farm, North Burreldales, well known
for tattie soup ("you could trot a horse over it").
NEFA
1994.059.07 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: Thrashing mills
S: Neighbours all helped out. The mills were petrol or steam
driven.
NEFA
1994.059.08 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: Traction engines and thrashing
S: Traction engines moved from farm to farm. They were hard
to move and there were a lot of tough jobs along with them. Latterly,
farms got their own mills, often driven by tractors. It was hard
work moving the caaf (yavins) out from beneath the mill.
NEFA
1994.059.09 Transcription
P:
Andy Dey
T: Caaf mattresses
S: AD was used to oat caaf (chaff) mattresses in his youth.
It was rough if you got a mouse, or worse a rat, up your leg when
you were threshing.
NEFA
1994.059.10 Transcription
P:
Andy Dey
T: Horse drawn binders and winnowers
S: AD used hand cranked winnowers: hard work. Describes a circular
horse powered mill which his mother described having seen.
NEFA
1994.059.11 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: Sheaves
S: Discussion of scything, sheaves and stooks. [Small dig. glitch.]
NEFA
1994.059.12 Transcription
P:
Andy Dey
T: McGinty's Meal-an-ale
S: Used to sing the whole song and sings a chorus or two.
NEFA
1994.059.13 Transcription
P:
Andy Dey
T: Nicky Tams
FL: When I wis only ten year auld, I left the pairish skweel
S: Bothy song, G. S. Morris.
NEFA
1994.059.14 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: The Deil's a Busy Bishop
FL: Noo I wis sayin last nicht tae Jock, I cannae believe that
S: Poem by David Rorie, set to music by AD.
NEFA
1994.059.15 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: Toasting loaves on a pitchfork
S: Story about toasting a loaf on a fire made with a whole bag
of coal.
NEFA
1994.059.16 Transcription
P: Andy Dey
T: Rough living in a chaumer
S: AD used to visit people living in chaumers. The language
could be pretty rough as well. They used rough and funny songs to
cheer themselves up.
NEFA
1994.059.17 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: Hally bally hally bally bee/ Fa sa the Gamrie boaties/
Ting a ling, ting a ling/ Nanny nanny goatie/ John Prott an his
man/ I'll tell the bobby/ Twa fite horses gan awa tae Byth/ There's
a mannie in your lobby Mary Anne/ Strap your guns across your shoulder/
Showdie powdie pair o new sheen/ Ma an ma grannie an a great lot
mair/ Skinny malinky lang legs/ Tinky-tinky tarry bags/ Hey Maggie
Cockalee/ Wir a' wat tae war/ Turra, turra far sorra ither/ Pop
in Jenny Linn
S: Children's rhymes.
NEFA
1994.059.18 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: Eenie meenie minie mo/ Eetle ottle black bottle/ Nivvy
nivvy nick han
S: Children's counting out rhymes.
NEFA
1994.059.19-20 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: As I gaed ower the Brig o Banff
S: Riddle. They used to play riddles together as a family.
NEFA
1994.059.21 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T: The Fisherman's Wife
FL: Fa wid be a fisherman's wife
S: Two runs.
NEFA
1994.059.22 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T: The Codlins
FL: Roon the back o the nibe [?]
S: Children's rhyme.
NEFA
1994.059.23 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: Knock at the doorie
S: Baby's rhyme/game.
NEFA
1994.059.24 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: Tae tappie, fit broadie
S: Children's rhyme/game.
NEFA
1994.059.25 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: Scotty Molotty the king of the Jews
S: Children's rhyme.
NEFA
1994.059.26 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: My mither an your mither were hanging oot the clothes/
Snaky snaky on your back
S: Children's rhymes. The second one was used during hide and
seek.
NEFA
1994.059.27 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: A sailor went to sea, sea, sea
S: Children's rhyme.
NEFA
1994.059.28 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: One two three a-leerie
S: Children's rhyme.
NEFA
1994.059.29 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: Come a riddle, come a riddle come a rot tot tot
S: Riddle.
NEFA
1994.059.30 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: Ma back an ma belly's thick
S: Riddle.
NEFA
1994.059.31 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: It hangs high an it cries sair
S: Children's rhyme.
NEFA
1994.059.32 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: Roon an roon the rugged rock
S: Riddle.
NEFA
1994.059.33 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: High low Dolly Piper, keep the kettle boilin
S: Children's skipping game.
NEFA
1994.059.34 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: Capie clappie rollie ower backie
S: Ball game rhyme.
NEFA
1994.059.35 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: John Prott an his man
S: Children's rhyme with explanation of the language.
NEFA
1994.059.36 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T/FL: Scotty Molotty, the king of the Jews
S: Children's skipping rhyme.
NEFA
1994.059.37 Transcription
P: Marion Johnstone
T: Byave the Bows
FL: If abody wis bankers an druggists
S: Proverb and its explanation.
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