Thursday, November 05, 2009

Dance to your Daddy



I don't know who is performing this one, but the Equuschick and I agree that we like it very much.

Kididdle lists the lyrics thus:
Dance to your daddy,
My bonnie laddy,
Dance to your daddy,
My bonnie lamb.

You shall get a fishy,
In a little dishy,
You shall get a fishy,
When the boat comes in.

You shall get a coatie,
And a pair of breekies,
And you'll get an eggy,
And a bit of ham.

You shall get a pony,
Fit to ride for ony,
And you'll get a whippy,
For to make him gang.

Dance to your daddy,
My bonnie laddy,
Dance to your daddy,
My bonnie lamb.


Breekies, I assume, are britches. The whippy for the pony to make him go gang is to make the pony 'go along.'

Like all folk songs, there are numerous permutations, variations, and mutations, and there's no rule against playing with it yourself.

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