Coulter's Candy - Robin Hall & Jimmy MacGregor

Thanks to alec7373

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• ali
• bali
• bee
• hall
• macgregor
• mcginn
• glasgow
• slums

[aldorraman]

Thanks for posting this "bigmanio"..I used to sing this with my pals....as a "wean" growing up in the tennements of Springburn...I sang this song to my 3 lassies,now am singing it to their "weans" ......thanks again.....

[NeilMMACLEAN]

My Da sung me this when I was a wee boy. I sang it to my daughter now 22 my son 7 and now my wee Molly 10months old. It is a timeless tune and always sends the bairns off to sleep.

[TheTomhamilton8]

a song by William Millar

[Bassmanbbn4]

I used to sing to my bairn too when they were wee.

Aparently the song was written by a Mr. Robert Coltard (died 1890) as an advertising jingle for an aniseed-flavoured sweet, manufactured in Melrose

[fumpandmannys]

Ahhh...fond memories of Jimmy when he played with Chas McDevitt's Skiffle, and of Robin singing to hushed audiences at the London Hootnannys, 'way back in the early 60s

[PL1211]

I never could hear enough of these guys. Flowers of Scotland that will bloom forever!

[craigowler]

Aye, we can a` see wirsels in this....