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|    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).              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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