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High winds and rain are likely to sweep across central Scotland on Hogmanay, weather forecasters have warned.

Organisers of the country's largest street party, which will take place in Edinburgh on Sunday night, said they were keeping an eye on the predictions.

Three years ago the event was cancelled at the last minute due to bad weather.

A spokesman said steps had been taken to deal with bad weather and that there would need to be "severe" gales before this year's event would be halted.

Organisers in Glasgow, where 25,000 people are expected to attend celebrations in George Square, also expect their event to go ahead.

A spokesman for the city council said it was aware that bad weather was being forecast.

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The Welly Boot Song


Tune : "The work of the weaver"

Oh wellies they are wonderful, oh wellies they are swell
'Cause they keep out the water and they keep in the smell,
And when you're sitting in a room you can always tell
When some bugger takes off his wellies.

(Chorus) If it wasn't for your wellies where would you be?
You'd be in the hospital or infirmary,
'Cause you would have a dose of the flu or even pleurisy
If you didn't have you're feet in your wellies!

Oh and when you're out walking in the country with a bird
And you're strolling over fields just like a farmer's herd
And someone shouts, "Keep off the grass" and you think how absurd
And SQUELCH you find why farmers all wear wellies.

(Chorus)

There's fishermen and firemen, there's farmers and all
Men out digging ditches and working in the snow
This country it would grind to a halt and not a thing would grow
If it wasn't for the workers in their wellies

(Chorus)

Oh Tony Blair* and all his pals, they haven't made a hit
They're ruining this country more than just a bit
If they keep on the way they're going we'll all be in the (shhhhh)
So you'd better get your feet in your wellie!

If it wasn't for your wellies where would you be?
You'd be in the hospital or infirmary,
'Cause you would have a dose of the flu or even pleurisy
If you didn't have you're feet in your wellies!

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Country braced for stormy weather

Scotland is bracing itself for stormy weather as forecasters predict strong winds over the New Year holiday.

Organisers of Edinburgh's and Glasgow's Hogmanay parties - where more than 125,000 people are expected - are monitoring weather reports carefully.

Storm force winds are likely in the early hours of Saturday with storms returning on New Year's Eve when gusts are expected to reach 70 to 80mph.

Dozens of ferry sailings were cancelled on Friday due to adverse conditions.

Caledonian MacBrayne said Clyde crossings were affected along with those in Skye and the Western Isles.

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