I Love a Sausage
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While trawling the internet looking for traditional children’s songs and rhymes from Scotland I discovered this great wee ditty from our own backyard of Edinburgh.
The song is sung to the tune of Harry Lauder’s classic “I love a lassie” and just to be sure the first verse is a direct copy of the original song, after that though it takes a strange turn as the singer turns his affections towards a sausage. But not any old sausage – a sausage made by the co-op or as we used to call it the ‘coparative’.
Not content with praising the ‘coperative – sausage’ the singer then goes on to praise the virtues of many other own brand items . I love it (and the sausages are nae bad either). Enjoy:
I Love a Sausage
I love a lassie, a bonnie bonnie lassie, She's as pure as the lily in the dell, She's as sweet as the heather, The bonnie purple heather, Mary, my Scots bluebell. A love a sausage, a co-operative sausage, You can tell it's co-operative by its smell. When ye fry it wi' an ingin, You'll hear the ingin singin' Mary, ma Scots bluebell. A love a cookie, a co-operative cookie, Ye can tell it's co-operative by its smell. When ye spread it wi' some syrup, Ye'll hear the syrup chirrup Mary, ma Scots bluebell. A love a pancake, a co-operative pancake, Ye can tell it's co-operative by its smell. When ye spread it wi' some bu'er, You can hear the bu'er mu'er Mary, ma Scots bluebell. A love a whisky, a Co-operative whisky Ye can tell it's co-operative by its smell. If you buy one for a "pick-up", You'll hear the "pick-up" hiccup Mary, ma Scots bluebell. A love a bath-bun, a co-operative bath-bun Ye can tell it's co-operative by its smell. If you swallow one with raisins, You can hear the raisins praisin Mary, ma Scots bluebell. A love a haggis, a co-operative haggis Ye can tell it's co-operative by its smell. If you eat with a neep, You can hear the ne-ep che-ep Mary, ma Scots bluebell. A love a scone, a co-operative scone Ye can tell it's co-operative by its smell. If you spread it wi some cream, You can hear the cre-am scre-am Mary, ma Scots bluebell.
