Kilt songs?

[macwilkin]

Thanks for the full lyrics Monkey

It honestly is very difficult to think about other songs directly about kilts!

There are many fine Scottish songs that can be sung whilst wearing a kilt and we used to sing many of them at our "Gaudies" in St Andrews where I had the privilege of being a student.

I sang one of them for Derek and Co last saturday

It was called Three Craws . (3 crows)

Three craws sat upon a wa, sat upon a wa, sat upon a wa
Three craws sat upon a wa on a cauld n frosty morning.

The first craw fell an broke its jaw, fell n broke its jaw, fell n broke its jaw
The first craw fell an broke its jaw on a cauld n frosty morning.

The second craw was greetin fur its maw, greetin fur its maw, greetin fur its maw
The second craw was greetin fur its maw on a cauld n frosty morning.

The third craw wasnae there at aw, wasnae there at aw, wasnae there at aw
The third craw wasnae there at aw on a cauld n frosty morning.

Oh my what a silly song! what a silly song! what a silly song!
Oh my what a silly song! on a cauld n frosty morning.

Best sung after a few wee drams!

Then there's always the infamous Ball o' Kerrimuir and its endless supply of verses...but decorum prohibits me from posting any of them.

I personally prefer:

A Gordon for me, a Gordon for me,
If you're nae a Gordon yer nae use tae me!
The Black Watch are braw, the Seaforths an' a,
but the Cocky Wee Gordon's the pride o' them a'!

Then of course there is "Jock MacGraw of the Forty-Twa", "Wha Sae The 42nd", etc.

Cheers,

Todd

[McClef]

Then there's always the infamous Ball o' Kerrimuir and its endless supply of verses...but decorum prohibits me from posting any of them.

That is a rugby song

The only verse I can remember was about the four and twenty unmarried young ladies from Inverness....

[macwilkin]

That is a rugby song

The only verse I can remember was about the four and twenty unmarried young ladies from Inverness....

Before it was a Rugby song, it was sung by the "Jocks" of the 51st Highland Division -- when Sir Winston made a visit to Tunisia during the Second World War, the BBC recording of the "march past" by the Jocks had to be scraped because they were singing this song -- and Sir Winston loved it! :mrgreen:

I have about 90 verses in my "collection".

T.