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Ye Canny Shove Yer Grannie

This and Coulter's Candy are the best-known Scottish children's songs.

The tune came from the USA in the 1940s as She'll be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes.

Ye canny Shove yer Grannie

Ye canny shove yer grannie aff a bus
Naw ye canny shove yer grannie aff a bus
Naw ye canny shove yer grannie
Cause she's yer mammie's mammie
Ye canny shove yer grannie aff a bus

Ye can shove yer other grannie aff a bus PUSH PUSH
Ye can shove yer other grannie aff a bus PUSH PUSH
Ye can shove yer other grannie
Cause she's just yer daddie's mammie 
Shove yer other grannie aff a bus PUSH PUSH

We'll all go round to see her after school HULLO GRANNIE
We'll all go round to see her after school HULLO GRANNIE 
We'll all go round to see her,
We'll all go round to see her
We'll all go round to see her after school HULLO GRANNIE

She'll feed us mince and tatties when we go YUM YUM
She'll feed us mince and tatties when we go YUM YUM
She'll feed us mince and tatties,
She'll feed us mince and tatties
She'll feed us mince and tatties when we go YUM YUM

Ma grannie wears an awfy woollie vest SCRATCH SCRATCH
Ma grannie wears an awfy woollie vest SCRATCH SCRATCH
Ma grannie wears a vest
Ma grannie wears a vest
Ma grannie wears an awfy woollie vest SCRATCH SCRATCH

Ye canny shove yer grannie aff a bus
Ye canny shove yer grannie aff a bus
Ye canny shove yer grannie
Cause she's yer mammie's mammie
Ye canny shove yer grannie aff a bus

For the story of this song and other Scottish songs about Grannie, see the book Doh Ray Me, When Ah Wis Wee (McVicar, 2007).

Ye Canny Shove Yer Grannie performed by Ewan McVicar From Scottish Songs for Younger Children, Gallus Recordings.