[Ann Drysdale]

Like the Travelling Lemon, you mean?

[Steve Bucknell]

I'm fond of Naming Brians, because I can mention Brian Blessed. I think of him as my Spiritual Father.

[John Whitworth]

Ah the Blessed Brian Blessed. Soon to be Saint Brian of the Voice.

[David Anthony]

Interesting question, Gail, and it sent me off to the internet where I found this:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%2...cQ_AUoAg&dpr=1

Clearly the phrase "My word! If I catch you bending" had a significance to the Victorians and Edwardians which is lost on us now, though we can guess.

It seems the song, or at any rate the tune, could date to Edward the Confessor's time, although the words handed down have changed.

Best regards,

David

[Gail White]

Thanks, all!
(In further confessions of abysmal ignorance, I don't know what "getting the breeze up" means, either).

[Steve Bucknell]

I think it's a translation of a Gaelic phrase, Gail, relating to the male practice of wearing a kilt while attempting various kinds of Scottish country dancing.

[John Whitworth]

In fact I have never known a Scotsman who didn't wear underpants with the kilt. The bare macbum is a myth. Or I think it is. Come on you Scots. Tell it like it is.