The Reel O' Stumpie



Hap and Rowe. Hap and Rowe, (note: first verse can be sung as

Hap and rowe the feetie o't chorus, or repeated after last

I thocht I was a maiden fine verse.)

'Til I heard the greetie o't.



My daddy he was a fiddler fine

My minnie he made a mankie, O,

And I myself a thumpin' queen

Wha danced the Reel O' Stumpie, O.



Dance and sing, dance and sing,

Hey, the merry dancing, O,

And all the love-locks wavin' 'round

And all the bright eyes glancin', O



The pipes come wi' their gladsome note

And then with dool and dumpie, O,

But the lightest tune to a maiden's foot

Is the gallant Reel O' Stumpie, O.



The gossip cup, the gossip cup

The kimmer clash and caudle, O,

The waning moon the wanton loon

The cutty stool and cradle, O.



Douce dames wha hae their bairn-time borne

Sae dinna glower sae glumpie, O,

Cocks love the morn and crows love corn

And maids the Reel of Stumpie, O.



RG Note: If you can't decipher all the braid Scots, dinna fash

yersel' --- it means exactly what it sounds like.



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recorded by Ewan MacColl and by Lori Holland

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