Tammy Toddles

DESCRIPTION: "Tammy Toddles is a cantie chile, Fu' cantie an' fu' croosie, The fairies liked him unco weel, An' built him a wee hooe." A fairy enters the hous and skips and dances and sings. It is so shrill that Tammy "was mis-smothered in the thrang."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1995 (Porter/Gower-Jeannie-Robertson-EmergentSingerTransformativeVoice)
KEYWORDS: home magic nonballad supernatural dancing
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Porter/Gower-Jeannie-Robertson-EmergentSingerTransformativeVoice #9, pp. 123-124, "Tammy Doddle" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #2497
RECORDINGS:
Lizzie Higgins, "Tammie Toddle" (on LHiggins01)

File: RPG009

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