What's Yer Name? Baldy Bain
What's Yer Name? Baldy Bain
What's Your Name? Baldy Bain
Rhyme
Rhyme
(Scots)
(English)
What's yer name?
Baldy Bain.
What's yer other?
Breid and butter.
What's your name?
Baldy Bain.*
What's your other?
Bread and butter.
Notes
*"Baldy Bane" is a nickname for a bald man.
Here's a version collected by Iona and Peter Opie in Glasgow:
What's your name?
Baldy Bain.
What's your other?
Ask ma mither.
A couple of more versions from the forum Talking Scot:
What's yer name?"
"Baldy Bain!"
Where d'ye Live?"
"Doon the lane!"
"What d'ye keep?"
"A little shop!"
"What d'ye sell?"
"Ginger pop!"
Another:
Whit's your name?
Baldy Bain
Sticky yer nose
In a London train.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The first version can be found on the site Dictionaries of the Scots Language.
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