See iss? Atween ma fingers.
Aye, a wee fiddle pleyin ye th waurl's saddest tune!
(Yeese aw see whit A huv tae pit up wi oan iss leet? Ach)
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Gin ye want aff ye goat tae gies yer cash furst. ;)
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I thought this might be a good one for the mighty collective brain of
scots-l.
I'm working, through the Scots Music Group in Edinburgh, with an evening
class of aspiring guitar accompanists, many of whom are quite new to
traditional instrumental music. Mostly their current taste extends to Joni
David Francis wrote:
I thought this might be a good one for the mighty collective brain of
scots-l.
I'm working, through the Scots Music Group in Edinburgh, with an evening
class of aspiring guitar accompanists, many of whom are quite new to
traditional instrumental music. Mostly their
On 17 Oct, David Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Auchtermuchty, Ardentinny, Glenlivet/ Tomintoul, Dunbar, Glen Affric, Eigg,
Rum, Melrose, Ullapool, Portavadie, Glenshiel, Glasgow.
Thanks, folks!
David Francis
David,
For my work I am based in Melrose. I believe the nearest local song is
On 17 Oct, David Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Auchtermuchty, Ardentinny, Glenlivet/ Tomintoul, Dunbar, Glen Affric, Eigg,
Rum, Melrose, Ullapool, Portavadie, Glenshiel, Glasgow.
David,
You've got me started now.
The Melrose - Earlston area is the home of two great local legends. I get
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I have some infomation that suggets that the John Anderson referred to in the
famous song was supposed to have been the town piper of Kelso and a very gay
dog. Could anyone elaborate on this? Was Anderson a historical figure, and
what might he have done to be remembered as a very gay dog?
Denny Sayre wrote:
Well, Nigel, your question and a frustrating week got me going. I
tried to write Denny's Air, but it came out as a slow Strathspey.
A good one too, although your frustrating week shows through. It's
nicely evocative. When anyone posts a tune in ABC I usually pick up my
David Francis wrote:
...match the place to an appropriate tuneany suggestions?
Auchtermuchty
Shand's your man. Any of his compositions because he lived at
Auchtermuchty, or more specifically there's Auchtermuchty Gala. Or
what about a Proclaimers song?
Ardentinny/Portavadie
There's a
I found this station today and have been enjoying it very much. Thanks,
Toby, for making it available. I have a technical question (and the less
technical the answers, the better chance I may understand them). I
downloaded Winamp 2.77 today in order to listen. The station (others do the
Hail andrew, et al,
I assume that you're referring to John Anderson, My Jo, by Burns.
The version he wrote for the Merry Muses of Caledonia does suggest that he
was a piper. To wit:
To see your hurdies fyke, John,
And hit the rising blow:
It's then I like your chanter-pipe,
John Anderson, my
The connection is sometimes choppy. Especially if you connect the
internet with a modem, as dial-up connections are not always reliable.
Toby
Francis Strong wrote:
I found this station today and have been enjoying it very much. Thanks,
Toby, for making it available. I have a
tom hall wrote:
Hail andrew, et al,
I assume that you're referring to John Anderson, My Jo, by Burns.
The version he wrote for the Merry Muses of Caledonia does suggest that he
was a piper. To wit:
To see your hurdies fyke, John,
And hit the rising blow:
It's then I like your
tom hall wrote:
Hail andrew, et al,
I assume that you're referring to John Anderson, My Jo, by Burns.
The version he wrote for the Merry Muses of Caledonia does suggest that he
was a piper. To wit:
To see your hurdies fyke, John,
And hit the rising blow:
It's then I like your
I stand corrected. And thank you Bruce, for finally getting me to go to
your website. I have never seen a more varied collection of the rarities
and treasures of traditional music of the olden times.
To all others on the list, if you're looking for an old song, start with Bruce.
And to
Philip Whittaker wrote:
Thomas the Rhymer - who was a real scholar who probably went off to Italy,
giving rise to alegend that he lived in fairy land for this time. As i
recall he entered he entered after meeting the Fairy Queen by the Eildon
Tree - presumeably near the three Eildon Hills,
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