Gudeen to You Kimmer
Gudeen to You Kimmer - meaning Summary
Tipsy Domestic Scottish Banter
This short comic song presents a convivial, domestic exchange between the speaker and a kimmer (female acquaintance). Set around a home hearth, it mixes drinking, hiccups, and a repeating chorus of "noddin" that signals sleepiness, tipsiness, or contented drowsiness. Conversation touches on food, ale, childbearing and a teasing admission of two children born while the father was away, all delivered in earthy, humorous Scots. The poem evokes communal warmth, sexual frankness, and rural social life rather than serious moral judgment.
Read Complete AnalysesGudeen to you kimmer And how do ye do? Hiccup, quo' kimmer, The better that I'm fou. We're a' noddin, nid nid noddin, We'r a' nodding at our house at hame, We're a' noddin, nid nid noddin, We're a' noddin at our house at hame. Kate sits i' the neuk, Suppin hen-broo; Deil tak Kate An' she be na noddin too! How's a' wi' you, kimmer, And how do ye fare? A pint o' the best o't, And twa pints mair. How's a' wi' you, kimmer, And how do ye thrive; How mony bairns hae ye? Quo' kimmer, I hae five. Are they a' Johny's? Eh! Atweel no: Twa o' them were gotten When Johny was awa. Cats like milk And dogs like broo; Lads like lasses weel, And lasses lads too. We're a' noddin, nid nid noddin, We'r a' nodding at our house at hame, We're a' noddin, nid nid noddin, We're a' noddin at our house at hame.
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