Annotation:Hey Jock m'Cuddie

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HEY JOCK m'CUDDIE. AKA - "Hey Gee Up, Ma Cuddy," "Hey Jock ma Cuddy." Scottish, Air and Ring Dance Tune. A children's air with a boisterous refrain goes "Hullibaloo baloo, hilliballoo balae." The ditty is often considered a riddle, to which the answer is "a nettle".

Hey Jock, ma cuddy,.....................cuddy = donkey
Ma cuddy is ower the dyke;
If ye touch ma cuddy,
Ma cuddy'll gie ye a bite!

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Recorded sources: Christina Stewart - "Bairn's Kist"

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