this trip's overview San Francisco to Glasgow Babbity Bowster, Glasgow Babbity theme Glasgow George Square, Glasgow Glasgow shopping Glasgow for kids Culzean Castle Aberfoyle, Trossachs Doune Castle Sterling Castle Ballachulish Corpach, Ft. Williams Loch Ness Glenfinnan Pink Guest House, Isle of Skye Brae Ness, Inverness Urquhart Castle The Summer Isles Ibis, Edinburgh Omi in Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle The Witchery Craigmuller Castle back to Glasgow Edinburgh to Düsseldorf restaurant recommendations
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2003 Scotland: Babbity Bowster, the music
Babbity Bowster was an old Scottish country dance, often used to finish a ball. Today it's a children's game. "Babbity" means "bob" and "bowster" is the wheelshaft in a watermill. In the song, "brawly" means elegant, "minnie" is an affectionate term for mother, and "gae" is gave.
Babbity Bowster
Wha learned you to dance,
Babbity Bowster, Babbity Bowster?
Wha learned you to dance,
Babbity Bowster, brawly?
My minny learned me to dance,
Babbity Bowster, Babbity Bowster,
My minny learned me to dance,
Babbity Bowster, brawly.
Wha gae you the keys to keep,
Babbity Bowster, Babbity Bowster?
Wha gae you the keys to keep,
Babbity Bowster, brawly?
My minny gae me the keys to keep,
Babbity Bowster, Babbity Bowster,
My minny gae me the keys to keep,
Babbity Bowster, brawly.
Now let's venture out into the Glasgow Underground, and see the city. (Actually, the Glasgow Underground goes nowhere you want to be, but we took it as part of our mass transit tradition. Glasgow is a walking city.)
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