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Hi,

I mind a song when I was peerie, cant mind the name ... possibly Shetland Lullaby?? The first verse was something like ..

Hushie ba my peerie ting

Cuddle closs ta mammie

cuddle closs and hear me sing

peerie mootie lambie

Does anybody ken dis song? If so, do you ken all the wirds??

Ta

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Got a few

Shetland lullabye

 

 

Hushaba my peerie ting

Cuddle closs ta Mammie

Cuddle closs an hear me sing

Peerie mootie lammie.

Glancin gowd an siller shells

Fae da mermaid's dwellin,

Boanie flooers fae faerie fells

Past a mortal's tellin;

Wha, oh wha sall get bit dee

Hert o my hert

Life o me.

 

 

Hushie baa, Minnie's daaty,

Hushie baa, Granny's darling

We sall pit da trows awa.

We shall send the trolls away

Broonie sanna gyit da bairn,

Broonie shan't get the child

If he comes da cocks'll craa.

If he comes the cocks will crow.

 

We think there's another verse, but nobody can remember it, i'll hae to ask roon the isle

 

 

Minnie o shirva's cradle song

 

 

Da boatie sails an da boatie rowes,

Dey set dir sails an dey hail dir towes,

Hush-a-baa-baa, me peerie lamb,

De faider is comin awa fae fram.

 

Da sheep dey baa, an da craas dey craa,

Dey flap dir wings an dey flee awa,

Hush-a-baa-baa, me peerie flee,

Aald Daa’ll be comin wi shalls ta dee.

 

Da burnie rins an da burnie rowes

Da lambs dey dance ower da hedder-knowes,

Hush-a-baa-baa, me treasure dear,

Dey’ll naebody hurt thee whin Mam is near.

 

Da laverick lifts an he sings ta aa,

Da Winter comes wi da caald an snaa,

Hush-a-baa-baa, me peerie flooer,

Lang Willie is löin ahint da door.

 

Da mares dey böl an da kye comes hame,

We lay wis doon ida Gödie’s name,

Hush-a-baa-baa, ma peerie ting,

He covers wis aa wi His holy wing.

 

 

Fetlar lullabye

 

 

Husha-baa Mam’s peerie flooer;

Sleep o sleep come ta dee shön.

Mam sall watch dee ooer be ooer

Till dy boannie sleep is döne.

Till dy boannie sleep is döne,

Till dy boannie sleep is döne,

 

Mam sall watch dee ooer be ooer

Till dy boannie sleep is döne.

 

 

Bide, da simmer days ir comin;

Dan we’ll rin aboot da knows,

See da bees aa fleein, hummin,

Peerie lambs an muckle yowes,

Peerie lambs an muckle yowes,

Peerie lambs an muckle yowes,

 

See da bees aa fleein, hummin,

Peerie lambs an muckle yowes.

 

 

 

Noo dan! Here comes Willie Winkie,

Baetin, baetin on his drum;

Playin on his plinkie-plinkie;

Rest an slumber shön ‘ill come.

Rest an slumber shön ‘ill come,

Rest an slumber shön ‘ill come,

 

Playin on his plinkie-plinkie;

Rest an slumber shön ‘ill come

 

 

More coming once i get them

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Da kye in der haems

Is aa in da byre

An du sall sleep here

A da side o’ da fire

 

I ken at du laeks

Da auld tatted rug

An dere du sall lie

Sae warm an sae snug

 

So closs du dy een

An faa du asleep

Da moarn du sall gyit

A piece o’ a neep

 

...in my teenage handwriting taken down from the Shirley and Larry LP. Adjust spelling as you will!

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