Wee Ann took
her Yo-Yo, tae school she did go, though
She shouldnae hae ta'en it at
a'.
It fell frae her haun' and it
rolled on the grun',
And it went through a hole in
the wa’.
Chorus
Did ye find a red Yo-Yo,
red Yo-Yo, red Yo-Yo,
Did ye find a red Yo-Yo wi
a wee yellow string?
The daring
young Annie, she went tae the Janny,
A decent wee man as a rule.
It's pleasing to tell that he
rang on his bell,
And he asked every wean in the
school.
The weans
left their pencils and papers and stencils
Tae knock on the doors all
aroon';
And as they were rapping and
ringing and chapping,
They asked a' the folk o' the
toon.
The polis
soon learned and they were concerned;
They left a' their murders
aside.
The whole of the force was
alerted of course,
And they went on the telly and
cried.
All over the
country, the common and gentry
Were watching their big T.V.
screens.
Things really got gaun' some
when President Johnson
Received an appeal frae the
Queen.
The wires
were tremblin' when he 'phoned the Kremlin
Tae ask aboot Annie's Yo-Yo.
But Kosygin agreed with the
greatest of speed,
‘Sio phonyo orchen strativichen,'
(whatever it means).
In Peking
and Paris and a' roon' the Barras,
The people they searched high
and low,
Till finally Annie announced
that her Granny
Had bought her another Yo-Yo.
Final Chorus
And it was a red Yo-Yo, red
Yo-Yo, red Yo-Yo,
It was a red Yo-Yo wi’ a
wee yellow string.
