ABERNETHY PRIMARY P3/4 SANGS
When ah was single, ah used tae comb ma hair
Noo ah'm married ah haveny the time tae spare
It's a life, a life, a weary weary life
Yer better tae be single than tae be a married wife
When ah wis single ah used tae shop a lot
Noo ah'm married that's time that ah've no got
One says Mammy, ah want some ham an jam
The ither says Mammy, an butter on ma sandwich
When ah wis single ah used tae get some peace
Noo ah'm married the craziness doesny cease
One says Mammy, can ah go tae the park
The ither says Mammy, and drivin in the dark
When ah wis single ah used tae drive alone
Noo the kids are moanin, ah have tae shout DONT!”
One says Mammy, the baby's eatin ma hair
The ither says Mammy, are we nearly there?
ABERNETHY P3/4 RAP
Up the road from Abernethy School there’s a tower. Tall and pointy.
At the top there’s a golden fish and it shows which way the wind blows.
Go to the museum and get the key. It's 25 centimetres.
Unlock the door and climb the steps and see the muckle great bell.
Up the ladder to the heavy trap door. Its pitch black, dark and scary.
You can see the silvery Tay and the Castlelaw hill behind you.
A CHEETAH IS AN ANIMAL, P 3/4
Tune: The Keel Row
There’s big cats and wee cats.
There’s fast cats and slow cats.
There’s fat cats and thin cats.
All around the world.
There’s sick cats and KitKats.
Gummy cats and pregnant cats.
There’s fierce cats and scaredy cats.
All around the world.
A cheetah is a big cat.
With sharp teeth and sharp claws.
Don’t run away because
It’s faster than you.
It’s a predator
It runs at 70 miles an hour.
It’s not the kind of cat
You’d like to have at home.
But near Abernethy,
The local vet he owned a pet
It was a cheetah.
And he loved it well.
He took it to the cinema
For the film called “Born Free”
And all the people came to see
The cheetah in Dundee.
And the movie.
JANET PATON KENS A LOT (for P3/4)
Tune: South Australia
Janet Paton kens a lot, here in Abernethy toon
Who was who and what was what, here in Abernethy
Hairy Buggie and his pals, stood at the top of Station Road
For the train with the Saturday football scores, here in Abernethy
Here in Abernethy
There used tae be a meenister, here in Abernethy toon
His name was Fergus Ferguson, here in Abernethy
Adults were respectful, but the young were less polite
Called him Fungus Ferguson, here in Abernethy
Here in Abernethy
Other characters Janet can name, here in Abernethy toon
And in which street they had their hame, here in Abernethy
Betsy Morrison, Scarce O Hair, Pavvie Lyon, Caroorum Jock
Mrs MacPherson who played the accordion, here in Abernethy
Here in Abernethy
Mrs Richardson, she made kilts, here in Abernethy toon
For the slim or the quite well built, here in Abernethy
She had two big borzoi dogs, your new kilt was covered with hairs
But the price was right, so you didny care, here in Abernethy
Here in Abernethy
Doon aside the roondaboot, here in Abernethy toon
There’s a gairden fu o floors, here in Abernethy
Elizabeth Peattie, District Nurse, the garden celebrates her name
1936 she came, here in Abernethy
Here in Abernethy
Cycled about with her Gladstone bag, here in Abernethy toon
If the sun blazed doon or the weather was bad, here in Abernethy
The folk o the toon said ‘That’s a shame’, oot o their pockets money came
An they bocht her a nice wee motor car, here in Abernethy
Here in Abernethy
Janet Paton kens a lot, here in Abernethy toon
Who was who and what was what, here in Abernethy
Here in Abernethy, here in Abernethy
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