Lyrics
(Scottish folk song)
Ally Bally, Ally Bally Bee,
Sittin’ on your daddy’s knee,
Greetin’* for a wee penny
To buy some Coulter’s candy.
*greeting = crying (source)
See also
- Country: Scotland
- Subject: family
- Harmony: chords I IV V
- Melody: tonic triad / high do / D,E,F#,G,A,B,D’
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
- Scale: hexachord
- Tones: drmfsl
- Source: Wee Sing Around the World,Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp, Price Stern Sloan, 1994
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
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