by take_a_pop » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:10 am
Ev'n the Bubble bird canna cum bach wae a guid answur tae ye Jeanette, an aye thot he wuz a cliffer bird.
Oniway bach tae yur question, aboot a refreshments trolley. I hae it oan pretty guid athority thit ther wuz niffer a trolley on board the train, twas too bumpy a track.
On a lightur note Pete Reek wuz ah stoaker oan the train, an whin it wid cross oe'r roon the bach oh the hungry hoose, he wid load it up wae Peat, which wid make it Reek till it was filled wae smokeless coal oot at the pit.
Cuid it be thit this ist wher he took his name fae ?they used tae sing this wee sang aboot him,goes lake this.
Here's a sang, aboot a man called Pete.
He'd stoak the engine, till it wid Reek.
You cuid see it coming ,from miles around.
But the Laggan express, wuid'nt make ah sound.
A'l the men wuid whistle, and the weemin wuid sing.
An the bairn wid shout, Pete ring yur ding a ling.
An wae a big black face, and teeth so white.
Pete wid Ring he's bell, fae morn tae night.
But lake a guid things, it wid cum tae an end.
Cause he went off track, an roon the bloody bend.
Noo it cuid have been the coaldust,or it cuid hav been the brew.
An we asked oor local doctor, but he dinna hae a clue.
The oni thing he thot oh, thit cuid make Pete pull hi's plugs.
Wuz the thot oh that Jeaneete, an hur lov'ly per oh Jugs.