{"id":1300,"date":"2015-01-19T21:06:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T21:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petercookie.com\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2016-01-07T16:25:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:25:49","slug":"nicky-tams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2015\/01\/19\/nicky-tams\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicky Tams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  sdl_right\" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">71.270.11<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:12.6px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"71.270.11\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zc3NhLmxsYy5lZC5hYy51ay93aGFsc2F5YW5zL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9zaXRlcy8yLzIwMTUvMDEvNzEuMjcwLjExLm1wMw==\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:true, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p><strong>William Hutchison (a&#8217; Tip) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 SA1971.270.11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NIcky Tams is a popular Scots &#8216;bothy ballad&#8217; which Willie probably learned during his service among the\u00a0Bevin Boys\u00a0in a coal mine in\u00a0Fife (Roud index no. 1875).<br \/>\nWillie\u00a0got confused\u00a0at one point and made\u00a0a rude comment about his singing when he finished,\u00a0but this was late at night during\u00a0a cheerful ceilidh in Andrew Poleson&#8217;s home on September 28, 1971. Rose Williamson, a relative of Willie points out that his\u00a0confusion in verses four and five result from his mixing up two verses. \u00a0They are given as she remembers them\u00a0at the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Noo when I was scarcely twelve years auld, I left the pairish skweel.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ma faither fee\u2019d me tae the Mains tae chaw his milk an meal.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I first pit on ma narra breeks tae hap ma spindel trams,\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Buckled aroond my knappin knees, a pair o Nicky Tams.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Oh first I gaed on for baillie loon, syne I gaed on for third,\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Syne, of course, I had tae get the horseman\u2019s grip an word,\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>A loaf o breed tae be ma piece, a bottle for drinkin drams,\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But ye canna ging thro the caffhause door &#8216;ithout your Nicky Tams. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>I\u2019m coortin bonnie Annie noo, Rob Tamson\u2019s kitchie deem,\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>She is fower-and-forty an I&#8217;m just seventeen,\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>She claps a muckle piece tae me, wi different kinds o jam,\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But ilka nicht she says to me, &#8220;I admire your Nicky Tams&#8221;.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Oh I startit oot ae Sunday, da\u00a0Kirkie for tae gang,\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I hed my Bible in ma pooch, likewise my book o&#8217; Psalms,\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2026\u2026. ? \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0in the middle o the Psalms,\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When Annie roared, &#8220;Ye muckle gowk, tak aff your Nicky Tams!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>O&#8217; unco sweir, I took them aff, the lassie for to please,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Aye ma breeks dey lirkit up aroon aboot ma claes.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When a muckle wasp crawled up ma leg in the middle o&#8217; da\u00a0Psalms,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>So\u00a0never again will I enter da\u00a0Kirk athoot ma Nicky Tams.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>I\u2019ve often thocht I\u2019d like tae be a bobby on the Force,\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Maybe I\u2019ll get on the cars, an&#8217; drive a pair o horse.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Bit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">fativer<\/span> it\u2019s ma lot tae be, the Bobbies or the trams, \u00a0 \u00a0[whatever]<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I\u2019ll ne\u2019er forget the happy days I wore me Nicky Tams. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<br \/>\nSuggested revision for verses 4 and 5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Oh I started oot ae Sunday, da Kirkie for tae gang,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>My jacket it was unca ticht, ma Breeks were nane ower lang.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I hed ma Bible in ma pooch, likwise ma book o&#8217; psalms,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When Annie roared, &#8220;Ye muckle gowk. 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