The Edinboro Wriggle 1911 Kern

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Jun 2006
2006

I am a plain Scotch lass
from Edinboro town,
and this nae sae mickle that I dinna ken
I've opinions of my own
and can argue all alone
with a regiment of men.
But when you talk to me
of dancing dinna brag
I was educated on the Hieland fling
I have got no use for rags
I call them dancing jags
to the Edinboro wriggle I will cling.

Hoot mon! Stop your bragging about ragging
there is just one dance for me.
Others are an imitation
of the genuine sensation
that the Edinboro wriggle can gie
Hoot Mon!
It's a hypnotizing, mesmerising dance
frae cross the sea.
Stop your giggle
learn to wiggle
thru the Edinboro wriggle
then lay richt doon and dee.

Hoot mon! Stop your bragging about ragging
there is just one dance for me.
Others are an imitation
of the genuine sensation
that the Edinboro wriggle can gie
Hoot Mon!
It's a hypnotizing, mesmerising dance
frae cross the sea.
Stop your giggle
learn to wiggle
thru the Edinboro wriggle
then lay richt doon and dee.

To do the Wriggle richt,
you wear your kilties short,
and it's sure to make the men
look long at you,
that's the reason why, you ken
it's so popular with men,
and the girls all dance it noo.
The Fling is out of date
The Reel is dead and gone,
no one does the SwordDance noo
with all their micht.
As he laughs until he gags,
the Scotchman also brags:
"It's a braw, bricht nicht
for wriggleing, the night."

Hoot mon! Stop your bragging about ragging
there is just one dance for me.
Others are an imitation
of the genuine sensation
that the Edinboro wriggle can gie
Hoot Mon!
It's a hypnotizing, mesmerising dance
frae cross the sea.
Stop your giggle
learn to wiggle
thru the Edinboro wriggle
then lay richt doon and dee.

Hoot mon! Stop your bragging about ragging
there is just one dance for me.
Others are an imitation
of the genuine sensation
that the Edinboro wriggle can gie
Hoot Mon!
It's a hypnotizing, mesmerising dance
frae cross the sea.
Stop your giggle
learn to wiggle
thru the Edinboro wriggle
then lay richt doon and dee.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Edinboro Wriggle 1911 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by M.E.Rourke
© MCMXI by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 14 June 2006 at 10.21
in association with Doug Grierson
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