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Donald Where's Yer Troosers
by caroline

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Submitted on: Sep 03, 2007 - 08:08:35 AM
Last Updated: Sep 03 2007 - 08:08:35 AM
Keywords mj uk (1)caroline (57)scotland (8)scottish folk (1)eggshaker (1)
Description apb flew in for mj uk 2008 from sweden - how's that for dedication? he brought his pal tomas with him. tomas is swedish - he speaks english with a scottish accent - cutest thing i ever heard! anyway ... this is for them and all the others who spent time in the house of shiny lights over the weekend - mwah xoxo
Lyrics Well, I just come down from the isle of sky
I'm not very big and I'm awfully shy
The lasses shout as I go by "donald, where's your troosers?"

Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets in a kilt I go
All the lasses shout hello
Donald where's yer troosers?

A lassie took me to the ball
And it was slippery in the hall
I was afraid that I would fall
Cause I was'nae wearin' troosers

Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets in a kilt I go
All the lasses shout hello
Donald where's yer troosers?

To wear the kilt is my delight
I'm never wrong 'cause I'm always right
The highlanders would get a fright
If they saw me wearin' troosers

Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets in a kilt I go
All the lasses shout hello
Donald where's yer troosers?

Well, I was drivin' in my car
Went downtown to kenny's bar
Fifteen scotches, five cigars
And I left without my troosers

Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets in a kilt I go
All the lasses shout hello
Donald where's yer troosers?

Big kazoo finish - LOL ;)
Hardware MacBook, Snoball (the gift that keeps on giving), pink eggshaker, the poor no-name guitar, the Trophy Music Company metal kazoo with navy trim and me
Software: garageband
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Roxylee said 494 days ago
What fun!
Caro, you're a one-woman band, and it's delightful when you post a song for us. Did donald ever find his troosers? Love the kazoo, as always.

XOXOXO

caroline said 492 days ago
thank you roxylee
you are always so quick off the mark - glad you liked it xoxox

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


ziti said 494 days ago
caro
I love you

teeheee


troosers

hehehehe

you are a gem

caroline said 492 days ago
thank you fran...
if i am a gem then so are you - a sapphire coz it captures the blues soo well - xoxoxoxo

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


drakonis said 493 days ago
yer a hoot!
What a delight to have you kazooing and singin' about men wi'out troosers!
ttfn,
Drakonis

caroline said 492 days ago
thank you drak...
men without troosers!! what could be better?!!! big loves xoxoxo

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


Feter said 493 days ago
Donald Where's Yer Troosers
now this is fun and cool Caro ... thank you
for sharin this with a cool kazooo !! ;-)

caroline said 492 days ago
thank you feter...
sorry you had to wait for long but i am glad you enjoyed the result - get well soon - xoxox

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


bonnieprincejohnny said 493 days ago
I like this song...
but prefer Andy Stewart's version. Kudos for posting it. Be lucky.

caroline said 492 days ago
thank you bpj...
yup - andy stewart did a wonderful job but he didn't have apb as his inspiration!!! and ... knowing the ppl here at mj - i am lucky!!

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


Peter Bauckham said 493 days ago
It seems like
eons ago that there was a post from you Caroline - and what a lovely post with have here - and with your trademark kazoo playing of course. That pink eggshaker is obviously far more esoteric than my early learning centre one. We don't need Andy Stewart! Great fun as ever. Thank you for posting.

Peter

caroline said 492 days ago
thank you peter...
with a kazoo, the eggshaker and apb for inspiration ... well, what more could a girl ask for?? xoxo

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


apb said 493 days ago
:o) - wow ...
.. ah canny think wit inspired ye lassie ;o) .. Tomas!! .. knew I wouldn't get any "cute" remarks for speaking English with a Scottish accent .. oh no .. had to be Tomas .. sheesh ;o) hahahah.

"apb flew in for mj uk 2008 from sweden" .. arrived
a bit early then !! *doh* lol.

Lovely post Caroline: I could sense it was brewing inside you to record this old gem... could do with some panning .. and a few more of those "sus" chords ;o)

Sorry to hear River got sacked as percussionist .. so soon in his career too... ah well: avocado oot ... pink egg .. in! .. and that geetar has a name .. it's Janine's guitar!!!

Thanks awefully dahling ...for having us over .. and putting us up/up with us, feeding us, taking us to the theatre party & chippy, getting my Nicotine drugs, making us re-cycle the empties, advising against playing the cat like a trumpet if it got it's bahooky in the way again..etc etc ;o) .. we had a ludicrously silly and fun packed few days..with only one minor argument .. with the vicious toilet latch ;o)

As Tomas says in Sweden, with a Scottish accent: "Yarp!"

Next year .. I'll be in me kilt ..and feeling the wind blow high and low :o).. Rhamsay dress tartan .. not "a green one, or a red one" (which was the reply to my "which clans have you got?" question to a kilt hire shop I phoned once in England).

I do not talk alot! Oh .. arse ... LOL.

xoxoxoxo


caroline said 492 days ago
thank you alan....
gosh - not only can you talk for europe but comment for it now too - sheesh - you would win prizes!!! it was a joy sharing our home with you - oophs - i got the date wrong!!! so ... while you are yakking away - all i can say is ... badger, badger, badger, badger.... big loves xoxoxoxo

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


alfalpha said 493 days ago
brrrr- it's chilly in here...
....this wee toon has sent me all a-kilter!

L.
BP

xxxxxxxx

caroline said 492 days ago
thank you alf...
does this make you a sporran-er??? har de har har!1 big loves xoxox

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


Cameron said 493 days ago
troosers optional
It was worth the twenty minutes it took for this little gem to load on my dialup connection! ;)

Ooooh, soo luffly!

James has got me wearing no troosers here! Would you believe I'm wearing a sarong and liking it? LOL

Judging from this song, you all had a woooo-derful time!

Hopefully you'll be posting more gems from the gathering.

caroline said 492 days ago
thank you cam...
ah - just let me know when the sarong is gone but the memory lingers on!!! it were brill!! big loves xoxoxox

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


dolby said 492 days ago
There should be....
...more kazoo in popular music in general. Shame we had to wait for such a fleeting appearance of it in this song -

Remix please:-))

Enjoyed -
Phil

caroline said 492 days ago
thank you phil
i'll bring the kazoo if you bring the banjo and the sitar!!!

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


thetiler said 490 days ago
I have a smile even before I heard
the tune Caroline.

You add a lot of >joy< to MJ. Keep it going you talented lady you!

But your theatrical talent is massive in such an entertaining way!

Glad your one of MJ's own!




caroline said 489 days ago
thank you bill...
awwww - you are such a charmer!!! and ... when all is said and done, mj is my first home on the internet xox

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


Komrade K said 488 days ago
Well my ancestors hail from the Isle of Skye...
...and I wore the kilt when once I entered a highland dancing competition. Mind you dancing with one of those wretched sporrans bouncing up and down on yer whatnot is not my idea of fun and of course I had trouble finding a kilt long enough...

But seriously, this is an essential and loving interpretation of this little known traditional Scots bothy ballad - methinks tinged with a little post MJUK07 sadness.

KK

caroline said 488 days ago
thank you martin...
yy ur, yy ub, icur yy 4 me xox


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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


Joanna said 488 days ago
Love it!
This is so charming and delightful as only you could do it. Gosh but I love your contributions to this site. You simply make it a whole lotta fun, troosers or not. Thank you for the entertainment, Caroline!

caroline said 488 days ago
thank you joanna...
s'funny how that synchronicity gets us every time - and funnily (sic) enough - i feel the same about you - big loves xoxoxo

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


riverwildcat said 486 days ago
i love this song.....
it's so... Caroline!

caroline said 486 days ago
thank you riv...
i'm glad you think it's so caroline - although it could be sooo donald too!!! xox

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


gwhoose said 482 days ago
kilting
we get to wear our kilts offically this weekend at the scottish reve. in cedar rapids. were thinking of appearing on your doorstep in kilts... then thought it would be too much of a shocker.. now I know better. See ya soon!

caroline said 482 days ago
thank you greg...
you'll have to try harder than that to scare me!! and... the sooner the better - we'll make sporrans outta the cats!!! xoxo

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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life


gwhoose said 481 days ago
hmmm
maybe halloween

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Perfection is just down the road. Way down the road...

davisamerica said 403 days ago
can't resist
any song with the words Donald and troosers...lol

caroline said 305 days ago
dear davis a
i wonder if i can find any more with similar lyrics for you or ... worse still ... i could write my own!!

Heightened said 359 days ago
hysterical!
Being of Scottish heritage, I can dig this. Wish you had some bagpipes though. lol

caroline said 305 days ago
me too ....
maybe apb knows somebody who can help out - glad you liked it - thank you

that80sboy said 335 days ago
this was fun...
...i'll need to stop back and check out your tunes caroline...you sound like you have a lotta fun!

caroline said 334 days ago
awww...
bless your heart and thank you x ps - i do!!!

Barretok said 334 days ago
Love it!
I love the lyrics! The style is engaging. Traditional folk indeed but with a very modern touch.
B

caroline said 308 days ago
thank you barretok
it's a great song and i loved singing it - it has been made all the better with your enjoyment and appreciation

said 308 days ago
I want to say
Thank you so much for the comment on my song, and my apology for the delayed response. Though I am all about letting people download my music for free, I would like to copyright it first.

This is amazing song. I love you voice is wonderful and these are great! the kazoo gets two thumbs way up. I would like to hear your sanskrit interpretations!

caroline said 308 days ago
wooohooo....
any fan of the kazoo is a friend of mine - yes, i should get around to recording something in sanskrit - thank you for listening and for your kind comments



Monkaton said 308 days ago
Fun Song
That song just kilt me.

caroline said 308 days ago
har de har har
very funny!! thank you for dropping by

MIRx said 305 days ago
Haha, where's me troosers?
Hey lass, you're completely crazy, did anybody tell you before? What a cool dedication to your friends this is, I struggled a lot not to laugh out loud, as my wife is sleeping in the next room...

caroline said 305 days ago
LOL
you're great!!! we love a new audience that is laughing - put the pillow over your face!! (i meant that in a caring, loving way) thank you x

MIRx said 305 days ago
I found it a little hard to breathe
that way, but thank you for the suggestion! And YOU are great, i'm so glad I found you shouting at people from the chat last night :)

MIRx said 305 days ago
...oh, well
before we have an argument on this (and i suspect you were about to start it!), if you insist... I AM great, after all...

caroline said 305 days ago
shouting??
shouting!!!! has it occurred to you that we both seem to have faaaar too much time on our hands??!! :)

MIRx said 305 days ago
You must excuse my limits
in the English language (which are quite the same in Italian, but you just can't see them), lass, I meant I saw you calling out loud for people to join you in the chat... and who says I have that much spare time, doesn't it show I'm in an office working hard right now?

caroline said 304 days ago
oh!! that!!
i wasn't calling for ppl - i was calling for alan!!! he doesn't count as we were already in ichat!!

MIRx said 304 days ago
Oh well,
this means I'm not great anymore, doesn't it?

caroline said 304 days ago
no no no
you're still great but... i think you might be crazier than me!! :D

MIRx said 304 days ago
WEEE, I LOVE
"let's-see-who's-crazier" competitions! But shouldn't we appoint a sane referee?... Do you know anybody sane that can do that? I'm afraid I don't have any such acquaintance handy at the moment...

caroline said 301 days ago
ooophs...
i got so distracted trying to think of sane ppl that i know that i wandered off - i still haven't found one but i'll get back to you as soon as i do

MIRx said 301 days ago
hmmm.... seems rather
a tough work to me!
You know I had started to worry not seeing your reply for a couple of days...
Listen, I thought we might try an experiment here: how long a list of nested messages can this place bear?

caroline said 301 days ago
LOL
i'm up for it if you are:D

MIRx said 301 days ago
I'M UP
for whatever you ask, lass... did I say I love English girls? Your wish is my command! ;)
This is no. 14, btw...

caroline said 300 days ago
nope ....
you didn't mention your love of english girls but you did mention your wife!! LOL and this must be 15 but who's counting? there was a lass of richmond hill - i went to school in richmond but surrey not virginia - see you on the ice x

MIRx said 299 days ago
How you mean
i mentioned my wife? She isn't English, but i didn't say i ONLY love english girls, did i? LOL
And who's this Virginia you went to school with, should i know her as well?

caroline said 299 days ago
she was....
just 17, you know what i mean? and the way she looked was way beyond compare. how can i dance with another since i saw you standing there!

MIRx said 299 days ago
Gosh
it's getting a little narrow here, my face is getting red and i find it harder and harder to breathe... 17? my god, she told she was twice married and divorced, and asked if i would mind taking care of her four kids! i'll never learn what girls are really like... must keep words to one syl la ble from now on i sup po se

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caroline said 299 days ago
hahahaha
hahahahahahaha

MIRx said 298 days ago
Hey, hold on
this is funny... with my 15" iBook at home I hadn't room to write anymore! Here at work, with a 17" monitor i can again! ...hmmm this must mean something...

caroline said 298 days ago
obviously it means that
size matters!!!

MIRx said 298 days ago
GOSH!
...nice weather today, isn't it?

MIRx said 296 days ago
hmmm,
might not be so nice weather, after all ...

woofer3 said 251 days ago
I love your music
it's so entertaining and unpretentious and fun. Have you ever thought of doing any of Frank Crumit's songs, like for instance- There's no one with endurance Like a Man who Sells Insurance....? be right down your alley I would think. Let me know if you want any as I've got tons of it here. Excellent post - downloaded and favourited as well.

John

caroline said 204 days ago
oh no john no john no john no
but i'd love to have a listen... wanna send some my way??

xoxoxo

Char said 204 days ago
There should be a law
against having this much fun. Love your kazoo! Gesunheit!
:) Thanks!

caroline said 204 days ago
naw .. the only law is....
have fun!!!! keep that beaming smile beaming!! xox

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