When Highland Mary Danced the Highland Fling (Comic song)

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When Highland Mary did the Highland Fling, sung by Edward M. Faber, Edison Records. It was Highland Mary's birthday and the clans were feeling proud. Oh where, oh where in Scotland was there ever such a crowd?

They came in Scottish fashion and they all came very dry. But they drank the scotch and started going through the rye. The pipers started playing and the crowd began to sing.

When up jumped Highland Mary just to do the Highland Fling. She giggled and she wriggled like a sandworm in the glen. She hopscotched to the kitchen and she hopscotched back again.

Hootman said Highland Mary when she did the Highland Fling. When round the room she started tripping, something started ripping, ripping. Mary's gilts were falling down, falling down, falling down.

When her foot got tangled in the chandelier, Sandy Kirk gave her the sandy hook. Should all acquaintance be forgot, the crowd began to sing. And they all walked out when Highland Mary did the Highland Fling.

A Scotland Yard detective heard the awful noise and din. He ran them out and caught her, then he turned and ran her in. He saw her gilts were shrinking as the rain fell from the sky.

And the pretty color started coming through the dye. He had to handcuff Mary when she danced along the street. But Mary didn't mind as long as she could move her feet.

The judge, he was a Scotsman and he let her go scot-free. Her pipers started fling and she danced around with glee. Hootman said Highland Mary when she did the Highland Fling.

When round the room she started tripping, something started ripping, ripping. Mary's gilts were falling down, falling down, falling down. When her foot got tangled in the chandelier, Sandy Kirk gave her the sandy hook.

Should all acquaintance be forgot, the crowd began to sing. And they all walked out when Highland Mary did the Highland Fling.

Transcribed by AI from the recording above. These are noisy hundred-year-old cylinders, so expect misheard words and the occasional invented line — trust your ears over the text.