It's Aa Yin Tae Me
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Ron Bissett of Falkland, Fife
Old Songs & Bothy Ballads: Nick-knack on the Waa
Live from the Fife Traditional Singing Festival May 2007.

A little comic song that seems to have been quite well known in Fife and Tayside.

Chorus: It's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no, Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O. 1: Ma faither gien's a horse, ma mither gien's a coo, Ma sister gien's a boar an ma brother gien's a soo; So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no, Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O. 2: I'll get wark fae the horse, mulk fae the coo, Ham fae the boar an piggies fae the soo; So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no, Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O. 3: Ma faither gien's a cock, ma mither gien's a hen, Ma sister gien's a robin, ma brother gien's a wren; So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no, Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O. 4: I'll get crawin fae the cock, eggies fae the hen, Whistlin fae the robin, chirpin fae the wren; So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no, Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O. 5: Ma faither gien's a cat, ma mither gien's a moose, Ma sister gien's a flech an ma brother gien's a louse; So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no, Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O. 6: I'll get fun fae the cat, chasin at the moose, Clawin at the flech an scratchin at the louse; So it's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no, Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O. Chorus: It's aa yin tae me whether I mairry noo or no, Whether I mairry or I tarry or I bide a weaver O.