Hush...

I remember staying at my Granny and Aunty Ann's house at Beeches Road in Blairgowrie. I must have been very young as the memory is of a lullaby my Granny sang. I would lie in the single bed (no duvets) in those days (early 70's), just lots of blankets.  Car headlights from the street would occasionally search across the wall and ceiling of the bedroom as my Granny sang. Now and then I would hear a merry couple walk and trip along in the street below, chatting and laughing. I Have searched for the recording of this song for years and only today found it on youtube by Evelyn Griffiths and THE Charles Hawtrey (of Carry On fame). Anyway some twenty five years later I found myself singing a version of the chorus to my first daughter Caitlin, with the alteration: 'now you children, run up the stairs' changed to 'now little Caitlin, run up the stairs', and then 'Molly' and then 'Molly and Ruby'! at which point the line became slightly cumbersome. However, it was a guid ane and was often requested...enjoy...