Ma Mither’s Cooking
Christmas day ida moarnin.
Dis is anidder een o’ Fredamann Stickle’s. He wis wint to play dis een to da Laird o’ Buness every Christmas moarnin an some say he bedd maist o’ da day dere playin to da Laird an da folk he hed bidin wi him. I was telt dat stickle composed dis tün as he walked alang frae his hoose in Burrafirth ta Buness. Dey were nae roads danadays, just sheepgates. Apparently he wis nicknamed Stumpie, maybe because der wis something wrang wi wan o’ his feet. Da tün fits in at an uneven walking spped an says at da end o’ it, “Christmas Day ida Moarnin.”
-Haand me doon da fiddle - Tom Anderson & Pam Swing.
Ma Mither’s Cooking.
Last nicht ma mither was cooking rice. Bit ma big sister greets '“It’s nae afy nice.” Ma granny replied. “If you dinnae ate yer rice, we’ll gae it tae the mice.”
Bit sister grumped and gied a moan, An a wee file efter a sma groan,
“Shuirly, can we nae hae somethin’ else tae eat?”
“Liken Fish and chips or tatties and meat?”
Ma mither huffed and gied a sigh, nodded her heid an raised an eye, at the hinder end i spaik “ Foo aboot something mair traditional, liken Macaroni?".”
Grötlåten.
Vill du koka uti min gryta?
Grötemjöl ska då aldrig tryta
Grötemjöl
Bröd och ost och smör
Vill du koka uti min gryta?
Would you like to boil in my pot?
There won’t be a lack of porridge oats
Porridge Oats!
Bread and cheese and butter
Would you like to boil in my pot?
-Traditional, from Dalsland.