Oh a butcher laddie cam fae Creiff

In came a bonnie lass tae buy a lump o beef

He took her in his airms and doon they did faw

And the wind blew the bonnie lassies plaidy awa

The plaidies' awa its awa wi the wind

the diels in the plaidy it cannie be fin

Oh whit are we gonny say tae the old folks atta

The wind blew the bonnie lassies plaidy awa

Noo aw you lassies take my advice

never let a young man kiss ye twice

For aw the time he's kissing ye

He's making up a plan

My father was in the U.S. Navy. He was sent to serve on the ship USS Canopus AS 34. So naturally he took us with him. The Canopus was a Submarine Tender with a dry dock behind it. It pretty much just sat there* and submarines would come there and park next to the ship and some would end up in the dry dock. The ship was actually in Holy Loch, but many American families lived in Dunoon, a nearby town. I was in 6th and 7th grade during that time and unemployed. I do wish I had more closely looked at the meat shops. I do have and I did post a picture of sign from a Scottish butcher shop (didn't I?)

It said "Best Scottish Beef from Wales". A funny sign. See, Wales is a country, so how could it be Scottish beef if it's from Wales? Because in this case, "Wales" was the owners last name and not the origin of the beef. As we passed the sign in our car, I asked dad to stop and go back so that I could take the picture.

We took some pictures of Scottish Highland Cattle too. They have long reddish hair and long horns. I had one for my avatar picture for a while if you remember.