Red Yoyo

G D G G C Wee Ann took her Yo Yo, tae school she did go, though D G She shouldnae hae taen it at a'. G D It fell frae her haun and it rolled on the grun D G And it went through a hole in the wa G C Did ye find a red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo D G Did ye find a red Yo Yo, wi a wee yellow string? G C The daring young Annie, she went tae the Janny D G A decent wee man as a rule G D It's pleasing to tell that he rang on his bell D G And he asked every wean in the school G C Did ye find a red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo D G Did ye find a red Yo Yo, wi a wee yellow string? G C The weans left their pencils and papers and stencils D G Tae knock on the doors all aroon G D And as they were rapping and ringing and chapping D G They asked a' the folk o the toon G C Did ye find a red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo D G Did ye find a red Yo Yo, wi a wee yellow string? G C The polis soon learned an they were concerned D G They left a' their murders aside G D The whole of the force was alerted of course, D G And they went on the telly and cried G C Did ye find a red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo D G Did ye find a red Yo Yo, wi a wee yellow string? G C All over the country, the common and gentry D G Were watching their big TV screens G D Things really got gaun some when President Johnson D G Received an appeal frae the Queen G C Did ye find a red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo D G Did ye find a red Yo Yo, wi a wee yellow string? G C The wires were tremblin when he phoned the Kremlin D G Tae ask aboot Annie's Yo Yo G D But Kosygin agreed with the greatest of speed G G 'Sio phonyo orchen strativichen' G C Did ye find a red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo D G Did ye find a red Yo Yo, wi a wee yellow string? G C In Peking and Paris and a' roon the Barras D G The people they searched high and low G D Till finally Annie announced that her Granny D G Had bought her another Yo Yo G D And it was a red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo, red Yo Yo D G It was a red Yo Yo, wi a wee yellow string