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Mrs Brown Went to Town

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.141.A3

Original Tape ID

SA1960.141

Summary

A hand-clapping song:

Mrs Brown went to town
Riding on a pony.
When she came back she wore a brown hat,
You called her Miss Maloney.

Mistress Nore on the shore,
She's got daughters three or four,
The oldest one is twenty-four
And married to a sailor.

Oh dear me, what a cold you've got,
Come with me to the whisky shop,
Take a glass, take a glass,
And that will cure you all at last.

[spoken]
First she got the cradle pot,
Then she got the ladle,
Then she got the [?] gate,
To rock it in the cradle.

[spoken]
Hokey-pokey penny [?]
That's the stuff to make you jump,
If you jump you're sure to fall,
Hokey-pokey that's it all.

Item Notes

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 8, p. 174, no. 1617
'The Singing Game' (P. & I. Opie, 1985) p. 441
'Dae Ye Min' Langsyne?' (A. Stewart Fraser, 1975) p. 124
'Miscellanea of the Rymour Club' vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1906-1911) pp. 195-196

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Old Deer

Village/Place - Fetterangus

Language

English

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R12982 GD1617

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair