{"id":21727,"date":"2023-07-06T06:37:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T06:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=21727"},"modified":"2023-12-22T06:47:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T06:47:47","slug":"donald-whaurs-yer-troosers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/donald-whaurs-yer-troosers\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Whaur\u2019s Yer Troosers!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>Donald, where are your trousers?<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1950<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Andy Stewart \/ Neil Grant<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN43183<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>(Andy Stewart)<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Modern Performances: Andy Stewart<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From Traditionalmusic.co.uk<\/a>\n\nDonald Whaur\u2019s Yer Troosers<\/strong>\n\nI've just come down from the Isle of Skye,\nI'm no very big an' I'm awfy shy,\nAnd the lassies shout when I go by\n\"Hey Donald, whaur's yer troosers?\"\n\nLet the winds blow high, let the winds blow low\nThrough the streets in ma kilt I go.\nAll the lassies shout \"Hello,\nHey Donald, whaur's yer troosers?\"<\/em>\n\nA lassie took me tae a ball\nAnd it was slippery in the hall\nAnd I was feared that I would fall\nFor I hadnae on ma troosers.\n\nI once went down tae London town\nAnd I had some fun on the Underground -\nA lady bent down tae pick up half a crown and said\n\"Donald, where are your trousers?\"\n\nThe lassies want me, everyone\nJust let them catch me if they can -\nYe cannae get the breeks off a Hieland man,\nAnd I don't wear ma troosers.\n\nI had a cold and ma nose was raw\nI hadnae handkercheif at a'\nSo I lifted up ma kilt just tae give it a blaw\nWHEW, DONALD, WHAUR'S YER TROOSERS?\n\nTae wear the kilt is my delight,\nAnd it's not wrong, I know it's right.\nHow the folks back home would get a fright\nIf they saw me wearin' troosers\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Not a Music Hall song or a folksong, though it does borrow from a Music Hall song which in turn borrows from a traditional one! Donald, whaur’s yer troosers<\/em> is a modern song written for the Scottish variety programme The White Heather Club, <\/em>broadcast in the 1960s. <\/em>The words were written and performed by by Andy Stewart while the tune was credited to Neil Grant \u2013 a pseudonym for BBC Producer Ian MacFadyen. It was it was an unexpected pop hit both in 1960 and later in 1989. Whilst there are some obvious melodic borrowings from archetypal Scottish tunes, it’s also been  suggested that the “Donald, whaur’s yer troosers?” <\/em> refrain is borrowed from Harry Lauder’s Hey! Donal<\/a><\/em>  – a song which in turn borrowed elements of earlier traditional material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andy Stewart (1933-993) sings it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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