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Girse
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01 Nov 2005 at 22:04 |
| Has anyone heard of lyrics to Cock o the North? I've never heard anybody singing it or come across them on any sites. Can anyone help please. |
Jim Fraser
Posts: 164
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Posted:
01 Nov 2005 at 22:27 |
The only lyrics I can recall to Cock of the North are:-
Auntie Mary had a canary
Up the leg o her drawers
She pu'd a string
Tae mak it sing
an doon cam Santy Claus.
There were bawdier versions around but that was our family's version:-) |
Tom
Posts: 193
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02 Nov 2005 at 14:33 |
Hope I don't get into trouble for this........
Aunt Mary had a canary
Up the leg of her drawers
She pulled the string to hear it sing
And down came Santa Claus
Uncle Jock, he had a sock
Up the pleat of his kilt
When he was a-sleepin, we were a-peepin
To see how well he was built
Chase me Charlie, I've got barley
Up the leg of me drawers
If you don't believe me, come and feel me
Up the leg of me drawers
Cousin Minnie wore a bikini
Underneath her shirt
A handsome guy he tried to spy
And she kicked him where it hurt.
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Mikey joe
Posts: 24
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Posted:
02 Nov 2005 at 15:08 |
Hi Tom
C'mere is the air to this also a polka which Johnny O Leary used to play with the words...
The hair fell of me coconut
The hair fell off me coconut
The hair fell off me coconut
And how do you like it baldy
And....
If I had a wife the plague of me life
I'll tell you what I'd do
I build her a boat and set it afloat
And paddle me own canoe.
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Tom
Posts: 193
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02 Nov 2005 at 16:22 |
| Could be, Jackie Daly plays a version of Cock o the North as a slide called "Chase me Charlie" on his solo album. Never heard those words though! While on the subject of polkas with dodgy titles - have you heard the one "Shove Into Me Siobháinín and I'll Show You My Tráithnín"? Great title for a great tune! Tráithnín means "strong blade of grass" down Sliabh Luachra way |
Mikey joe
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02 Nov 2005 at 16:41 |
At the risk of hi-jacking the thread here. Myself and Kevin were talking in the fish one night about polkas with dodgy titles and he had one called "Hold The Maid down Till I Come At (?) Her". Hadn't heard of that one before
Never had the pleasure of that tune myself from what i remember.
Are you coming down this way for a tune soon???
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Tom
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02 Nov 2005 at 17:00 |
| Some more useless information - there's a slide called "The Game Cock" AKA "The Bog Carrot" which evolved out of the strathspey Captain Francis Wemyss |
Mikey joe
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02 Nov 2005 at 17:09 |
The Bog Carrot ?!?!
ROTFLMAO!!
Brilliant! |
Tom
Posts: 193
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02 Nov 2005 at 17:18 |
| Bridie was picking carrots in a field when all of a sudden she falls head over heals laughing. "What the devil is wrong with you?" asks her friend Peg. It's that carrot over there, it reminds me of my late husband Paddy. "Jaysus" says Peggy "is it because of the shape of it?" Oh God no, it isn't the shape of it at all. "Well, is it the colour of it then"? Oh God no, it isn't the colour of it at all. "Well what is it then Bridie?" Ah it's the dirt on it Peg |
Mikey joe
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02 Nov 2005 at 17:28 |
Jaysus!
This place is mighty.
I bumped into Fred here yesterday.
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Arthur
Posts: 274
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07 Nov 2005 at 13:21 |
There's actually a Gaelic song called "Bean an droch nàdair" (the bad-natured wife/woman), to this tune:
Bean an droch nàdair 's beag orm fhìn i,
Bean an droch nadair neònaich;
Bean an droch nàdair 's beag orm fhìn i,
Bean an droch nadair neònaich
etc etc
It's a port a beul. |
Jack Campin
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Posted:
07 Nov 2005 at 13:36 |
My grandma (b 1880s in Glasgow, Irish origin) sang some words to that which included "Chase me Charlie" but I can't remember them.
There is a verse collected by S.P. Bayard in Western Pennsylvania and reproduced in "Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife":
Cock of the East and cock of the West
Cock of the North and the South
And if you don't get outta my way
You'll get my cock in your mouth.
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lambegdrummer
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Posted:
14 Jun 2006 at 10:02 |
Hi all great to be part of this site..
the words to cock of the north???
i got these words of a guy who was a officer in the gordon highlanders... not sure if its the regiments own words.. but here they are.
cock a doodal, coack a doodal.
im the cock of the north.
If that doesn't do, i'll cut you in two.
cause im the coak of the north.
regards to all
lambegdrummer.
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