Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics:
Up Stocks Doon Stules
Up Stocks, Doon Stules
Up Stocks, Doon Stules
Up stocks, doon stules,
Dinna think 'at we are fules,
We're but bairns come to play,
Rise up and gie's oor Hogmanay;
God bless the maister o' this hoose,
The mistress also,
And all the little children
That roond the table go;
Your pockets fu' o' money,
Your bottles fu' o' beer,
You'll never miss a ha'penny,
To begin this guid new year!
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Rymour Club Misc. I (1906-11), 53; Hogmanay rhyme from
Deeside. Hendry/Stephen Scotscape (1978), 3, has 1-2,
var. "sticks". See also "Rise up, gudewife".
SF
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