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   soup to davie622@gmail.com   
   Re: Wha' saw the Tattie Howkers ?   
   08 Jan 15 13:25:44   
   
   From: cheezsoupnews@hotmail.com   
      
   On 03/01/2015 01:24, davie622@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, 4 February 2003 04:20:56 UTC-5, ian-s...@blueyonder.co.uk  wrote:   
   >> Anyone have the words of this song ?   
      
   > However the first verse ended thus -   
   > 'Wha saw the tattie howkers sailin' doon the Broomielaw' !   
      
   Should it not be "gangin' doon the broomilaw".  Always thought it   
   applied to itinerant workers mainly from Scotland not Ireland and the   
   Broomielaw is a road in Newcastle.  Mind you I suppose it is like   
   stovies, minestrone, the ball of Kirriemuir etc in that there are as   
   many different versions as people who sing it(cook it).   
      
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