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Tail Toddle

from the Merry Muses of Caledonia, 1799 Chorus: Tail todle, tail todle; Tammie gart my tail todle; At my ae wi' diddle doddle, Tammie gart my tail todle. Our gudewife held o'er to Fife, For tae buy a coal-riddle; Lang or she came back again, Tammie gart my tail todle. Chorus: 2. When I'm deid I'm out o' date; When I'm seik I'm fu' o' trouble; When I'm weel I step about, An' Tammie gars my tail todle. Chorus: 3. Jenny Jack she gae a plack, Helen Wallace gae a boddle; Quo' the bride, its o'er little For tae mend a broken doddle. Chorus:

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