SKINNY MALINKY LONG LEGS
by
Matt McGinn
He was neat, he was sweet but he'd helluva sweaty feet
And they called him Skinny Malinky Long Legs
Skinny Malinky Long Legs had helluva sweaty feet
And in the warm weather they were very far from sweet
In the summer he often wondered why folk left him by himsel
But he never knew the reason cause he had nae sense o smell
He was neat, he was sweet but he'd helluva sweaty feet
And they called him Skinny Malinky Long Legs
Skinny Malinky Long Legs was a bit of a gigolo
He fell into competition with his second cousin Joe
For they both took a fancy tae a lassie fae Milngavie
And to win her sole affection they decided they would try
He was neat, he was sweet but he'd helluva sweaty feet
And they called him Skinny Malinky Long Legs
The three of them arranged they would meet at Glasgow Cross
So Josie got home early wi permission o his boss
He jumped into the basin and scrubbed intae the bone
Then he shaved off his whiskers and he sprinkled eau de cologne
He was neat, he was sweet but he'd helluva sweaty feet
And they called him Skinny Malinky Long Legs
When she met the two o them, she felt this terrible hum
Says she, ‘There's only one o you along wi me can come
So tell me who's the smell off? And then I'll judge’ says she
So Josie sniffed his aftershave, says he, ‘It's off o me’
He was neat, he was sweet but he'd helluva sweaty feet
And they called him Skinny Malinky Long Legs
She turned on poor wee Josie then and gied him a terrible snub
Says she, ‘Ah think you'd better go hame and gie yersel a scrub’
She took the arm o Skinny Malink and they wandered all aroon
Till they landed in a picture hall that used to be up the toon
He was neat, he was sweet but he'd helluva sweaty feet
And they called him Skinny Malinky Long Legs
In the middle o the hall they were very soon alone
For the crowd an all the chucker-outs they quickly scampered home
She couldn't eat his sweeties, she refused his cigarette
Says she, ‘Ma darlin Skinny Malink, I can smell that bugger yet’
He was neat, he was sweet but he'd helluva sweaty feet
And they called him Skinny Malinky Long Legs