A Wee Deoch an Doris

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One of my dad’s favourite songs through which he linked to his Scottish Identity.

Harry Scarborough Crout, from Leeds, Yorkshire, England, loved to challenged his Ozzie children to repeat the following words as quickly as they could:

“If ye can say it’s a braugh bricht moonlicht nicht t’nicht then ye alricht ye ken…”

Could we ever beat him? … ha ha ha …

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3 thoughts on “A Wee Deoch an Doris”

  1. I love it, Mum! What a joy!! Brought a big smile to my face remembering Grandad saying “it’s a braw brun moonlick nick tonick” …. well, that’s my phonetic spelling from my memeries. Thanks for sharing

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