Day 201 (Dance Ti' Thy Daddy)

Fiddle Tune a Day is my ambitious project to post a new fiddle tune on the web every day for the next year, using both youtube and tumblr.

Day201:
Dance Ti' Thy Daddy:

This tune is a traditional English folk song, which can stand alone as a two-part instrumental, but is best known as the tune of a Tyneside song, the words of which follow:

Come here, maw little Jacky,
Now aw've smoked mi baccy,
Let's have a bit o' cracky
Till the boat comes in.

Dance ti' thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy,
Dance ti' thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing;
Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy,
Thou shall hev a fishy when the boat comes in.

Here's thy mother hummin'
Like a canny woman,
Yonder comes thy father,
Drunk - he cannot stand.

Dance ti' thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy,
Dance ti' thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing;
Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy,
Thou shall hev a haddock when the boat comes in.

Our Tommy's always fuddling,
He's so fond of ale,
But he's kind to me,
I hope he'll never fail.

Dance ti' thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy,
Dance ti' thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing.
Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy,
Thou shall hev a bloater when the boat comes in.

I like a drop mysel'
If I can get it sly,
And thou, my bonny bairn,
Will lik't as well as I

Dance ti' thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy,
Dance ti' thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing;
Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy,
Thou shall hev a mackerel when the boat comes in.

May we get a drop,
Oft as we stand in need;
And weel may the keel row
That brings the bairns their bread.

Dance ti' thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy
Dance ti' thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing;
You shall hev a fishy on a little dishy,
You shall hev a salmon when the boat comes in.

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• england
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• thy
• daddy
• tyneside

[fiddle4u]

A smashing wee tune, and that 2/3 I think tempo is magic too..

jim,,,

[gingerfrangipane]

brings back happy memories ,thanks for this song

[PianoBearAble]

(Still wait to hear you sing while playing :D)