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I'm Gaein in the Train
I'm gaein in the train,
And ye're no comin wi me;
I've got a lad o my ain,
And his name is Kilty Jeemie.
Jeemy wears a kilt,
He wears it in the fashion,
And every time he twirls it roon,
Ye canna keep frae laughin.
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SC (1948), 114 (no.183); the tune is evidently "I know
where I'm going". One of the many snatches poking fun
at the kiltie, who of course wears no underwear. Var.
in Buchan & Hall, Scottish Folksinger, 73: "Iken whaur
I'm gaun", etc.
Ritchie Singing Street (1964), 102, has what seems an
earlier version, from Edinburgh: "I'm gaun to the Fair--/
You're no comin' wi' me:/ I'm gaun to the Fair/ To dance the
Hieland Laddie!" In his 1965 volume (Golden City), 18, he
has it as above, differs: going/ You're no/ fellie/ And they
ca' him Bonnie Jimmie.//He has a tartan kilt// And every time
I see him/ I canna help fae laughin'.
Filename[ GAETRAIN
MS
OCT98
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