Traditional version (From Farne)
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Young's fish advertisement transcription
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First verse
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Come here, my little Jacky
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Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
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Now I've smoked my backy
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Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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Let's have a bit cracky
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Thou shalt have a fish and thou shalt have a fin
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Till the boat comes in
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Thou shalt have a codlin' when the boat comes in
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Dance to thy daddy, sing to thy mammy,
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Thou shalt have haddock baked in a pan
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Dance to thy daddy, to thy mammy sing;
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Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy,
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Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
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Thou shalt have a fishy when the boat comes in.
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Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
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Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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Second verse
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Here's thy mother humming,
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When thou art a young boy, you must sing and play,
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Like a canny woman;
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Go along the shore and cast your shells away,
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Yonder comes thy father,
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Build yourself a castle, watch the tide roll in,
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Drunk, he cannot stand.
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Dance to your Daddy, my little man.
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Dance to thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy,
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Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie,
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Dance to thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing;
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Dance to your Daddy, my little man,
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Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy,
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Thou shalt have a haddock when the boat comes in.
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Third verse
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Our Tommy's always fuddling,
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When thou art a young man, go unto the trades,
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He's so fond of ale,
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Find yourself a skill, and wages you’ll be paid
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But he's kind to me,
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Then with all your wages, buy yourself some land
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I hope he'll never fail.
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Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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Dance to thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy,
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Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie,
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Dance to thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing;
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Dance to your Daddy, my little man,
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Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy,
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Thou shalt have a bloater when the boat comes in.
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Fourth verse
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I like a drop mysel',
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When thou art a man and go to take a wife
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When I can get it sly,
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Find yourself a lass and love her all your life
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And thou, my bonny bairn,
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Find yourself a lass and love her all your life
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Will lik't as well as I
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Dance to your Daddy, my little man.
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Dance to thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy,
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Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie,
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Dance to thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing;
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Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy,
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Thou shalt have a mackerel when the boat comes in.
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Fifth verse
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May we get a drop,
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When thou art an old man, father to a son
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Oft as we stand in need;
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Sing to him the old songs, sing of all you've done
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And weel may the keel row
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Pass along the old ways, then let his song begin
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That brings the bairns their bread.
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Dance to your Daddy, my little man.
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Dance to thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy,
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Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie,
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Dance to thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing;
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Dance to your Daddy, my little man,
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Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy,
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Thou shalt have a salmon when the boat comes in.
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