Bluegrass Messengers

Haliky Daliky- Sylvia Rapoport (Glas) c.1930 MacColl

[Haliky Daliky, c. 1930 from Folkways, MacColl and Behan, The Singing Streets, 1958; "A ring game learned in 1957 from Sylvia Rapoport, a 36 year old London housewife who learned it as a child in the Gorbals district of Glasgow." Also arranged by Nicholas Marshall (b. 1942). 
See: Stewart Cameron & Phyllis Davison - Medley of Scottish Children's Songs on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kX5mFgdvNg

R. Matteson 2018]

Haliky Daliky^[1]

     Where are you going, my bonnie wee lass?
     Where are you going, my dearie?
     Where are you going, my bonnie wee lass?
     A message for my mammy.

CHORUS:  Haliky, daliky, daliky dee,
     Haliky, daliky, dearie,
     Haliky, daliky, daliky dee,
     A message for my mammy
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1. The chorus is also sung first. See children's song "Whaur are ye Gaun?" for additional stanzas. "How old are ye," "Whaur do ye live" etc.