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Tail Todle


Oor gudewife held o'er to Fife, For to buy a coal-riddle; Lang or she cam back again, Tammie gart my tail todle. Tail todle, tail todle; Tammie gart my tail todle; At my arse wi diddle doddle, Tammie gart my tail todle. When I'm deid I'm oot o' date; When I'm seek I'm fu' o' trouble; When I'm weel I step aboot, An Tammie gars my tail todle; Tail todle, tail todle; Tammie gart my tail todle; At my arse wi diddle doddle, Tammie gart my tail todle. Jenny Jack she gae a plack, Helen Wallace gae a boddle, Qo the bride, it's o'er little For to mend a broken doddle. Tail todle, tail todle; Tammie gart my tail todle; At my arse wi diddle doddle, Tammie gart my tail todle.

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John Shedden

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This is a poem by Robert Burns. It is read here by John Shedden.

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