Fish'n'Chips

A daft ditty inspired by my favourite Saturday evening dinner – something brought back from the chippie!

Note: this is written in a slightly tongue-in-cheek Scots dialect. I’m sure you’ll be able to work out what most of it means easily enough, though one thing might have you stuck: mealy (or mealie) pud. Mealy means oatmeal and a mealy pudding is a thick sausage of suet, oatmeal and onion. When sold at a chip shop it’s covered in batter and deep fried and is more often called white pudding. It’s quite similar to black pudding, but doesn’t contain the blood that makes black pudding black.

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Fish'n'Chips

Fish’n’chips, fish’n’chips,
Maks ye fairly smack yer lips,
Dis fish’n’chips.

Mealy pud, mealy pud,
Nithin’s even half sae good,
As mealy pud.

A ticky salt an’ loads o’ sauce,
Then in a paper baggie toss,
Ye dinnae like? Weel that’s yer loss,
Leaves mair fer me,
‘Cos I can eat enough fer twa,
Jist ye see!

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This daft ditty was originally posted on Authspot, here.

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