auld glasgow songs

[crusty_bint]

does yer maw drink wine
does she drink it aw the time
does she get a funny feelin when her belly hits the ceilin
does yer maw drink wine

or

skinny malinky long legs, big bananna feet
went tae the pikchurrs, an couldnae find a seat
when the pikchurrs startet, skinny malinky farted
skinny malinky long legs, big bananna feet

ooft, we were poor... but we were shop-lifters, so...

[Josef]

ahm a cat ahm a cat ahm a glasgow cat and ma name is sam the skull...............

Not even a patch on 'Abraham DeLacy Giovanni Casey Thomas O'Malley'.



I haven't checked the credits, btw, but if that's not the same bloke that did Baloo in The Jungle Book, then I'm Doorstop's uncle.

[Bridie]

In actuality, my wee Chookie Burdie laid the egg on the sill of a first-floor room and kitchen 'slum' dwelling in the Gorbals. ::):

aww don't spoil the story now

[Bridie]

......
skinny malinky long legs, big bananna feet
went tae the pikchurrs, an couldnae find a seat
when the pikchurrs startet, skinny malinky farted
skinny malinky long legs, big bananna feet

ooft, we were poor... but we were shop-lifters, so...

Do you ever wondered who/ what / or when these stories are about?

[The Egg Man]

......
skinny malinky long legs, big bananna feet
went tae the pikchurrs, an couldnae find a seat
when the pikchurrs startet, skinny malinky farted
skinny malinky long legs, big bananna feet

ooft, we were poor... but we were shop-lifters, so...

Do you ever wondered who/ what / or when these stories are about?

Many of them are probably not so much about the words as the rhythm and were used for ball, peever or rope games.

They maybe started off as gibberish and developed content about local personalities, bogey (wo)men and the like.

[Bridie]

There was one we sang on the streets I can't remember the whole song but it had lines like;

something something
"Lying dying saying these words
Bless my home in Bonnie Scotland
Bless my wife and only child
Bless this flag.........."


I think this one was about a soldier in the WW1. It's funny too how there were variations in the same song from district to district street to street