Tatties and Herrin'

DESCRIPTION: "Your hard-workin' Scotsman's gone crazy I fear, Each day ye maun hae your bit beef and your beer, But ye dinnae ken or you're maybe nae carin', Your natural food it is tatties and herrin'." The singer tells the feats of those who ate tatties and herring
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: food fight royalty money fishing
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber)) Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 41, "When the Queen want a man to fight wi' her foes" (1 fragment)
Roud #16927
File: KSUC041A

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography