
Dance To Your Daddy
All Instruments and Vocals: Douglas Milne
From the TwinkleTrax album "Vol. 1: A Sailor Went To Sea - 20 Favourite Nursery Rhymes and Kid's Songs"
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Lyrics of "Dance To Your Daddy"
Origins of "Dance To Your Daddy"

Dance to your Daddy, my little man
You shall have a fishy on a little dishy
You shall have a fishy when the boat comes in
Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
You shall have a coatie and a pair of britches
You shall have a coatie when the boat comes in
Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
Dance to your Daddy, sing to your Mummy
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
When you are a man and come to take a wife
You shall wed a lass and love her all your life
Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
Dance to your Daddy, sing to your mummy
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
Origins of "Dance To Your Daddy"
This song originated in Northumbria. It was published in a broadside, the "Newcastle Songster", as "Dance to Thee Daddy", sometime between 1837 and 1841, and in Fordyce's "Newcastle Song Book" of 1842. It was printed in a collection of ballads from Northern England by William Watson as "Dance ti' thy Daddy".
The song remains popular in north-east England and in south-east Scotland, where it is also claimed to originate from.
Between 1976 and 1981, it was used as the theme tune of the BBC period drama "When The Boat Comes In".
Origins text ©2011 TwinkleTrax Children's Songs.









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