(THE) RED YO-YO

THE RED YO-YO

by

Matt McGinn

Wee Ann took her yo-yo tae school she did go, though

She shouldnae hae ta'en it at aw

It fell fae her haun and it rolled on the grun

And it went through a hole in the wa’

Did ye find a red yo-yo, red yo-yo, red yo-yo?

Did ye find a red yo-yo with a wee yellow string?

The daring young Annie, she went tae the Janny

A decent wee man as a rule

It’s pleasing to tell that he rang on his bell

And he asked every wean in the school

‘Did ye find a red yo-yo, red yo-yo, red yo-yo?

Did ye find a red yo-yo with a wee yellow string?’

The weans left their pencils and papers and stencils

To knock on the doors all aroon

And as they were rapping and ringing and chapping

They asked aw the folk o the toon

‘Did ye find a red yo-yo, red yo-yo, red yo-yo?

Did ye find a red yo-yo with a wee yellow string?’

The polis soon learned and they were concerned

They left aw their murders aside

The whole o the force was alerted, of course

And they went on the telly and cried

‘Did ye find a red yo-yo, red yo-yo, red yo-yo?

Did ye find a red yo-yo with a wee yellow string?’

All over the country the common and gentry

Were watching their big TV screen

Things really got gaun some when President Johnson

Received an appeal fae the Queen

‘Did you find a red yo-yo?’

The wires were trembling when he phoned the Kremlin

To ask aboot Annie’s yo-yo

But Kosygin agreed with the greatest of speed

‘Zeeofonyorchen strateevechen’ whatever it means

In Peking and Paris an aw roon the Barras

The people, they searched high and low

Till finally Annie announced that her Granny

Had bought her another yo-yo

And it was a red yo-yo, red yo-yo, red yo-yo

It was a red yo-yo with a wee yellow string