Help Ma Boab

6 weeks ago by @ttg105

Liner Notes

#alternatetuning #duelingmelodicas

I often get a line from a song stuck in my head for days. This time, it was "And we all wear wee cloth bonnets, and we all say help mah boab" from Andy M. Stewart's wonderful "Monday Morning." As I already did a song called "Wee Cloth Bonnet," it was time for the latter, which is a Scottish term of frustration.

Guitar: A rare foray into steel-string territory. Tuning is EF#c#f#be.

Lyrics

Help ma boab
he's only gone
and done it again
stole my head
and used it
as a basketball
and that's not all
cos in the fall
he rolled up our lawn
and sold it as a plush carpet

Help ma boab
she's only gone
and done it again
stole our chimney cos
she likes a smoke
then she stole
my bicycle and rode
it right up my nose
stole an udder from our cow
and sold it to a dairy farmer

Help ma boab
she's taken our doorknob
and hung it from her ear
and said, "Don't go knocking in there"
("There" signifying her head)

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