Thread: The local lingo
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Old 13-11-2013, 06:10 PM
leslie leslie is offline
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Originally Posted by janwhin View Post
Great piece of work....something to shake my gamp at. We also knew gowk as a cuckoo. An apple gowk was the core, I think.

So who knows the song "three craas sat upon a waal"?



Three craws sat upon a wall
Sat upon a wall, sat upon a wall
Three craws sat upon a wall
On a cold and frosty morning

The first craw wiz greetin' for his maw
Greetin' for his maw, greetin' for his maw
The first craw wiz greetin' for his maw
On a cold and frosty morning

The second craw fell and broke his jaw
Fell and broke his jaw, fell and broke his jaw
The second craw fell and broke his jaw
On a cold and frosty morning

The third craw got up and flew awa'
Got up and flew awa', got up and flew awa'
The third craw got up and flew awa'
On a cold and frosty morning

The fourth craw wisnae there at a'
Wisnae there at a', wisnae there at a'
The fourth craw wisnae there at 'a'
On a cold and frosty morning
............................................


a Scots rhyme though
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