WEE COOPER OF FIFE 121511 - SONGS FOR DADDY

James Michael Taylor

This is a song I learned off a Berl Ives record when I was a kid. When I was in college and I auditioned for a talent contest I would always sing this song and I would always get on the program.

WEE COOPER OF FIFE

There was a wee coop wa lived in Fife
Nickety nackety noo noo noo
And he had gotten a gentle wife
Hey, Willy Walliky. Hey, John Google
Ah lane qua rusty too roo roo

She would not bake. She would not brew
Nickety nackety noo noo noo
For the spoiling’ of her comely hue
Hey, Willy Walliky. Hey, John Google
Ah lane qua rusty too roo roo

She would not card. She would not spin
Nickety nackety noo noo noo
For her gentle kin
Hey, Willy Walliky. Hey, John Google
Ah lane qua rusty too roo roo

Wee Cooper has gone to his wool shack
Nickety nackety noo noo noo
And thrown a sheep skin across his wife’s back
Hey, Willy Walliky. Hey, John Google
Ah lane qua rusty too roo roo

Now, ye wha ha gotten a gentle wife
Nickety nackety noo noo noo
Just send ye for the Wee Cooper of Fife
Hey, Willy Walliky. Hey, John Google
Ah lane qua rusty too roo roo

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