Childhood songs and rhymes

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Post by LesleyB » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:17 am

At my schools the Head teacher was "the Heidmaster" at Primary school, but "The Rector" at secondary school

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Post by wini » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:29 am

This may have to be withdrawn because it is sectarian although as a child I didn't realise that

King Billy had an Orange cat,
it sat upon the fender
and every time it saw a mouse,
It shouted No Surrender

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Re: Childhood songs and rhymes

Post by dizzybint » Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:51 pm

ma mammy said ye never should
play wae the gypsies in the wood
if you did then she wid say,
Naughty girls go this away... this away , this away.

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Re: Childhood songs and rhymes

Post by alibali40 » Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:55 pm

Says he to me "could ye go a pie?"
Says I "aye, quite shy, never thinkin"
The dirty way he did it!
He lifted up his walkin stick, N' walked on the bus!
When i cam aff the bus, who dae ye think wis standin there.... Him!

Says he to me "Is that you"?
Says I "Aye who"?
Says he "You"!
Says I "aye me"!
Says he "Aye"!
Says I "naw"!
Says he "Well it's somebody hellava like ye"!

My Mum still says it, she 82 and she can only say it really fast....we had such a laugh trying to write it down lol
Could you please post the original if you have it?

Thanks :)

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Re: Childhood songs and rhymes

Post by ninatoo » Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:39 pm

Not the original, but my Mum used to say the second bit to us all the time, but slightly different..."awfy like ye" at the end for example. I have never heard the first bit before and I am not sure what it means at all!
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Re: Childhood songs and rhymes

Post by ninatoo » Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:47 pm

Well it shows you how bad my memory is! I thought I'd have a look at this thread....and realised I had started it in 2005! i completely forgot.

But I also forgot that the song above was also discussed on the first couple of pages of the thread! So there's proof, my memory is no good!

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Re: Childhood songs and rhymes

Post by Russell » Sat Sep 06, 2014 5:24 pm

Join the Club Nina. I would offer to be Chairperson but I would probably forget that I offered :? :lol: :lol:

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