My Father Bought The Little Coat
 Sung by Peggy MacGillivray.
My faither bought the little coat, The little coat, the little coat, My faither bought the little coat, And Alice stole the linin.
Ha ha ha, ye neednae rin, Ye neednae rin, ye neednae rin, Ha ha ha, ye neednae rin, Ye'll get yer licks the mornin.*
Although here this is a self-contained song, in
Monymusk in 1906 these verses were used to introduce the "Bonny Bunch of Roses" song.
("My Father Bought Me a New Topcoat" (No. 1614), Greig-Duncan, vol. 8.).
Opie's The
Singing Game # 91.
*You need not try to escape, you'll get your punishment
tomorrow.
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Singing in the Streets: Scottish Children's Songs
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