Granny Murray's Potato Recipes Me Too!

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the trains all clatter through

# Hey! Look at that driver driving

-# I want to ride that train of blue

-Me too

# I'm looking way up high to the windows

# Take a peek for an inside view

# All these people busy working

# I want to see what they all do

# Come on, let's weave around the market

# Do you hear the hullabaloo?

# Everybody's busy selling

-# I wanna buy me something new

-Me too

# Look through the arches under the station

# Down where the pigeons perch and coo

# Take a taxi ride to the river

# I wanna drive down the avenue

# Hey, look at those buses gleaming

# They look so clean and spanking new

# All lined up to drive around the city

-# Let me ting that bell

-Ding, ding!

# Going to ride on round to the school stop

# Where the children hurry through

# Sit down, the teacher's teaching

-# I'd love to learn a thing or two

-Me too

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea. #

Seven o'clock.

# Riverseafingal, that's for me

# Come on and get on down to the city

-# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

-Sails are blue

# Time to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say hello to you... #

Hello, honey pie.

Come away in and see who's at home today.

# Granny Murray's house has two at home to play

# Granny Murray's house is home to... #

Well, we've got Robbie and we've got Rachael.

Don't just sit there, flowers, let's have some fun.

Well, we've got Rachael and we've got Robbie.

But someone's missing from home today.

Oh, not any more!

Who's coming home to Granny Murray?

Oh, it's Jack with Rudi. Hello there.

Rudi!

Hi, Granny Murray.

-Come on, everyone.

-Hey!

-Come and see Jack.

That's the way. In we come.

Oh, let me wipe your wee hands.

Well, we've been digging out in the garden this morning,

digging for potatoes, but now Jack's here we'll do something else.

Why don't we dress Claude up as a chef?

Oh, a chef!

Yes, to cook the potatoes.

-Come on, Rudi, and I'll tell you all about my potato recipes.

-Go on.

Yeah!

Oh, I love my spuds, Granny Murray. Mashed, boiled, baked and chipped.

A meal's not a meal without potatoes.

You're a man after my own heart, Rudi.

Wait till I tell you, I've written a wee book of potato recipes

to help raise money for the school library fund.

It's called Tempting Tatties and it's full of Murray family classics.

-I like the sound of that!

-You're in it, too.

-Me?

Yes. I've recommended your stall as the best place in Riverseafingal

-to buy potatoes.

-Wow! Thanks very much, Granny Murray.

It would never have happened

if I hadn't bumped into Mickey John at Castle Corner.

He was looking for ideas to raise money for the school library

and he was thrilled when I said I would write my potato recipe book.

It just goes to show there's always help just round the corner.

Well, I'd best get round the corner too, start selling potatoes.

Well, looks like Claude could cook up a dish in a flash.

-Good man, Claude. I'd best be off. Give us a cuddle, Jack.

-OK.

A gentle cuddle.

-Oh, that's a boy!

-Right. Have a good day.

Now, remember, there's always help just round the corner.

-Thanks. See you later.

-I'll be thinking of you.

-Me too.

You keep a wee eye on Rudi and make sure he goes the right way to work.

# I'm on my way To work today

# Walking my shoes through the city views

# Stepping along and swinging my arms

# Singing my way through the city's charms

# Getting there is just so fine

# I so enjoy my walking time

# I always go the way I know

-# Can you tell me the way I go?

-Hey!

-#

OK - which way?

# Do I go left now? Do I go right?

# Which way is wrong now? Which way is right? #

-Right!

-OK - that way! To the market!

# I'm on my way To work today

# I'm going this way and that-a-way... #

Hello, cobbles!

Hello, train!

Hello, roadworks!

Hello, tram!

Hello, sweeper!

Hello, van! BEEP-BEEP!

HE WHISTLES

# Do I go up now? Do I go down?

# Which way's a smile now and which way's a frown? #

-Up!

-What? This way?

# You showed me the way to go

# Thank you - you showed me the way I know. #

Hey!

Here we are. Now what?

Ah, yeah. I need to get changed for work.

All dressed and ready to go.

Your spuds are going to flying off the stall today, Rudi.

Granny Murray's recipe books are selling like hotcakes.

Shouldn't that be hot potatoes, Mickey John? Ooh!

-Ha-ha!

-What did the potato say when it came out the oven?

-I don't know.

-Phew! I was roasted in there.

MICKEY JOHN LAUGHS OK, Mr Joker.

I've still got a few copies of Granny Murray's Tempting Tatties left.

-I thought you might sell them here.

-No probs. How much are they?

-£2 each.

-Sounds like a bargain to me.

You know Granny Murray's recipes have really tickled my tastebuds.

-Then you had better start cooking.

-First I've got to buy some potatoes.

-I'll have a kilo, please.

-Coming right up.

-What else can I get you?

-I need a couple of onions

-and a bulb of garlic.

-Bulb of garlic?

I reckon you'll slice the potatoes

-and fry them with the onions and garlic, am I right?

-Spot on, Rudi.

I'm making French-style fried potatoes for my French friend.

May I suggest...

having some lovely fresh green beans to round the meal off?

-Great idea.

-I'll pop them in the bag for you.

-That will be £3, please.

-Thank you, my friend.

OK, thanks very much and good luck selling the recipe books.

See you later, Mickey John. I wonder how you're doing now, Jack.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me! #

Oh, I used to love making potato scones when I was young.

Tattie scones we called them.

-Right, Rachael, could you cut out a tulip for Granny Murray?

-OK.

Push hard. OK, take your tulip off, my darling.

Do you see? You put that on the tray. Good girl.

Right, Gary.

Will you look?!

A star!

Push hard, really hard.

Well done! It's a moon!

Oh, will you look at this?

A perfect tattie moon.

Oh, I think your dad would like this shape too, Jack.

I'm thinking of you, Daddy.

Good morning. Is this THE Rudi stall,

the one recommended in Granny Murray's recipe book?

Oh, yes, it is indeed...

-Tina.

-Oh, Rudi, how did you know it was me?

-That was my best posh voice.

-You'll have to try harder to fool my ears.

-What can I get you?

-Oh, potatoes, of course. 2 kilos of your finest.

Coming right up.

So what Granny Murray recipe will you be conjuring up tonight?

I'm making Granny Murray's spicy Spanish potatoes.

-Potatoes bravos.

-Oh, potatoes bravos, eh?

-Mmm.

The sauce that goes with them is peppery and hot.

How about making yourself a lovely crispy salad to cool yourself down?

-OK, I'll have a lettuce.

-Coming right up.

Oh, I can't wait to go home and start my cooking.

That'll be £3.50, please.

Oh! Thanks for the advice.

Bye.

Right, I've got some hard work to be getting on with.

# Dum-dum, diddy-doo

# I make it look easy when I dum-dum, diddy-doo

# And what I do is sell to you and you and you

# All of the veggies for a stew

# But it's more than meets the eye

# What I do for you and as I buy and buy

# While you still sleep Those fruit and veg to eat

# And the flowers in the early hours

# So when wake-up comes It's there for you

# The market stalls are there to view

# Oh, the market, the market What a wonderful place

# The hubbub of people The smiles on each face

# Oh, the market, the market Come, look around

# The hustle, the bustle The bubbles of sound

# The colours all chaotic, yeah And spilling about

# The smells all exotic, yeah The market cries out

# Objects to excite you And to draw you in

# The buying and the selling Cheap or dear?

# Oh, the market, the market I just love to be there

# The market is a wonderful place

# Dooby, doob-doob, dooby-doo-bah! #

-It's been a very busy morning.

-And it's about to get busier!

Mickey John says you have copies of Tempting Tatties.

-Have you still got them?

-Yeah, there.

-£2 each, please.

-Brilliant!

-Here.

-No need to look any further than the first page, Chuck!

Fish and potato pie! You better give me a kilo of potatoes.

-Coming right up.

-Hi. Do you mind if I jump the queue? I'm running late.

- On you go, Bobby. - Thanks. Six big spuds, please.

-I'm making cheesy baked potato for Kylie's pals.

-Coming right up.

-There you go. Bye!

-See you later, Bobs!

I fancy making the tomato-and-mash sizzler.

Right, you grab the tomatoes, Doc, and I'll get another bag of spuds.

Not many left now. I wonder if Jack's as busy as me.

Who likes shepherd's pie?

Mashed. Please - mash, mash, mash!

That's just as well because I'm going to need your help.

Granny Murray's going to pour the mince.

Squidge it!

Jack? Good boy!

Use the fork to put lines on like that.

-Why?

-And then we pop it in the oven for an hour.

-Smashin'!

-You're very good at cooking.

-Have you been taking lessons from Dad?

-Yeah!

JACK: Are you having fun, Daddy?

-Hello, Rudi!

-Hello, Mickey John.

You were right, the potatoes have been flying off my stall!

-They've all gone?

-Yeah. See?

I'm in trouble. My French friend Sylvie's bringing her boyfriend

-to the meal. I'll need another two kilos of potatoes at least.

-Oh, no!

This is ridiculous. I want to help but I have no potatoes.

How did I let this happen? Where did the time go?

At seven o'clock I dropped Jack off at Granny Murray's.

She'd recommended my stall in her potato recipe book.

I was delighted. At eight o'clock I arrived at my stall.

I'd stocked up on potatoes so I was sure I'd have enough.

Mickey John bought a bag of potatoes for a meal he was making

for his friend Sylvie, from Granny Murray's book.

At nine, Tina arrived. She was making one of the recipes too.

She bought potatoes and a lettuce.

At one o'clock, Chuck, Dr June and Bobby arrived.

They all wanted potatoes for Granny Murray recipes too.

By the time they all left, I thought I'd sold my last potatoes

but at two, Mickey John arrived. What did Granny Murray tell me?

Now, remember, there's always help just round the corner.

"There's always help just around the corner"

-Hi, there!

-Hey, Tina.

-Tina, I've run out of potatoes.

You couldn't do me a favour and give me a lift to the wholesaler's?

-Of course!

-I'll stay here and mind the stall.

Fantastic! Come on, Tina, let's go.

-It's a race against time!

-BONG!

# I've got to do it I've got to beat the clock's chime

# I've got to sort it I've got to do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'll beat that bong

# I'll finish this job before you finish that song

# I've got to do it I've got to beat the clock's chime

# I've got to sort it I've got to do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'll beat that bong

# I'll finish this job before you finish that song

# Tick-tock, tick-tock

# Tick-tock, tick-tock Tick-tock, tick-tock

-# Tick! #

-BONG!

Is that enough potatoes for you, Mickey John?

I think so - they're certainly heavy!

Granny Murray's tempting potato recipes have been a success for me.

And a great success for the school library fund.

Oh! I wonder how our Jack's doing.

Right, I'll put this cool dude's shades on.

That's fabulous!

Now we're going to make our "cool dude" spuds into a pop band!

Put this one here.

Potato man on. And, good boy...

D'you need a wee hand?

Potato man here. "Cool dude!"

Well, we need to think of a name for our band.

The Jazzy Popcorns.

-The Jazzy Popcorns!

-Yeah!

-Yeah!

I think your daddy would like that.

The Jazzy Potatoes!

-Rudi!

-Hi, Granny Murray.

-Come away through.

Look who's here, Jack!

Hello, mate! Give us a cuddle! Yeah!

-Sounds like you've had a good time with Granny Murray.

-Oh, he did!

-Say thank-you to Granny Murray.

-Thank you.

-Oh! What a great boy!

And thanks from me too, Granny Murray. I remembered what you said.

-There's always help just around the corner. It saved the day.

-Oh, well!

Come on, you two. You'll want to be off home.

Come on, mate!

-Bye-bye, my darlins.

-Bye.

-I'm lookin' forward to next time.

-Me too.

-Bye!

-Come on, Jack. Let's talk about our time away.

And I suppose you'll want ME to tell YOU all about my time too.

# Well, there was

# Waving, painting, hello, meeting Bye-bye, dozing, waking

# Talking, cooking, cleaning Saving, binning, laughing

# Losing things and rushing round Picking up and putting down

# Then there was

# Playing, running, jumping Chasing, painting, baking

# Dressing, swaying, swinging Sliding, hunting, hiding

# Jumping up and turning round Dressing up and sitting down. #

But what was really special about today?

Well, Claude was dressed as a chef

because today the children helped harvest the first crop of potatoes

from my tattie barrel. I was very happy

as I'd written a potato recipe book to raise money

for the school library fund.

We made tattie scones with the tatties from my barrel.

Jack cut them into all kinds of fancy shapes.

Then we made the main dish of the day - shepherd's pie.

I poured cooked minced beef into a casserole dish.

Jack mashed the tatties until they were nice and smooth.

The potato fun didn't end there.

We had even more fun when we gave little instruments to the potato men

and created the Tattie Barrel Band. As they were playing their music,

help was just round the corner for Rudi. Tina arrived to help him

fetch more potatoes for my recipes.

Bye-bye, honey pie!

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me

-# Come on, get on down to the city

-The city

-# Where the ferryboat sails at noon

-Sails at noon

-# Time to call on Granny Murray

-Granny Murray

# She'd love to say goodbye to you! #