When Highland Mary Did The Highland Fling 1908

Jamd Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Jul 2004

'Twas Highland Mary's birthday,
and the clans were feeling proud,
Oh were, oh where in Scotland
was there ever such a crowd?
They came in Scottish fashion,
and they all came very dry,
but they drank the Scotch
and started going thro' the Rye,
the pipers started playing,
and the crowd began to sing,
when up jumped Highland Mary
just to do the Highland Fling,
she giggled, and she wriggled
like a sandworm in the glen,
she hop scotched in the kitchen
and she hop scotched back again.

"Hoots Mon!" said Highland Mary,
when she did the Highland Fling,
when round the room she started tripping
something started ripping, ripping,
Mary's kilts were falling down
falling down, falling down when her foot
got tangled in the chandelier
Sandy Kirk gave her the "Sandy Hook"
"Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot,"
the crowd began to sing,
and they all walked out when Highland Mary
did the Highland Fling.

"Hoots Mon!" said Highland Mary,
when she did the Highland Fling,
when round the room she started tripping
something started ripping, ripping,
Mary's kilts were falling down
falling down, falling down when her foot
got tangled in the chandelier
Sandy Kirk gave her the "Sandy Hook"
"Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot,"
the crowd began to sing,
and they all walked out when Highland Mary
did the Highland Fling.

A Scotland Yard detective
heard the awful noise and din,
he ran them out and caught her
then he turned and ran her in,
he saw her kilts were shrinking,
as the rain fell from the sky,
and the pretty colors started
coming thro' the dye.
He had to handcuff Mary,
when she danced along the street,
but Mary didn't mind
as long as she could move her feet,
the judge he was a Scotchman,
and he let her go scot free,
the pipers started playing,
and she danced around with glee.

"Hoots Mon!" said Highland Mary,
when she did the Highland Fling,
when round the room she started tripping
something started ripping, ripping,
Mary's kilts were falling down
falling down, falling down when her foot
got tangled in the chandelier
Sandy Kirk gave her the "Sandy Hook"
"Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot,"
the crowd began to sing,
and they all walked out when Highland Mary
did the Highland Fling.

"Hoots Mon!" said Highland Mary,
when she did the Highland Fling,
when round the room she started tripping
something started ripping, ripping,
Mary's kilts were falling down
falling down, falling down when her foot
got tangled in the chandelier
Sandy Kirk gave her the "Sandy Hook"
"Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot,"
the crowd began to sing,
and they all walked out when Highland Mary
did the Highland Fling.

Soft karaoke
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lyric
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When Highland Mary Did The Highland Fling 1908
Lyrics by Jack Mahoney
Music by Harry von Tilzer
© MCMVIII by Harry von Tilzer Mus.Pub.Inc.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 17 July 2004 at 22.10
in association with Doug Grierson
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