The Blairgowrie and Rattray Song Book
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The Blairgowrie and Rattray Song Book This collection is presented as a tribute to Hamish Henderson, poet, author, folk-story and song collector, political activist, academic, father and friend. It is offered in recognition of, and in gratitude for, his life and work. A gold coin does not last long in company, but a good song can be shared with a world of people. Collated by C. M. Chandler Blairgowrie and Rattray Song Book ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project has enjoyed support from the following. • The University of Aberdeen who provided facility support, encouragement and financial support for related ‘spin-off' ventures. • Blairgowrie and Rattray Community Council • The School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh who provided access to their archive as well as encour- agement and advice. • Hamish MacGregor; who generously allowed the presentation of material published in the books written by his mother (Sheila Stewart). • Anne Lorne Gilles, for permission to copy a score from her book `Songs of Gaelic Scotland'. • The contribution that Ewan MacColl (James Henry Miller, 1915-1989) made to folk music cannot be overstated. Born in Salford, Lancashire, England to Scottish parents Ewan was very concious of his Scottish roots. He collected, performed and contributed several traditional songs to the public repertoire. He also made several of those songs available to Prof. Bertrand Harris Bronson for inclusion in his collection of Child Ballads. Several of his recordings of his songs are available on youtube. Ewan lists his addresses as `London and Perthshire', and I have taken the latter as justifying the inclusion of those traditional songs in `The Blairgowrie and Rattray Song Book'. Ewan's generosity in sharing his material have encouraged me to believe that he, and his heirs, would be happy to have those songs included in this collection. Use of the materials from the School of Scottish Studies that appear on the websites listed in this book are subject to the conditions displayed on the websites. All the music engraving has been carried out using LilyPond 2.18.2 (www.lilypond.org); This document has been prepared using LaTeX (www.latex-project.org); Use of the software is covered by the GNU public licence (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.en.html); You can hear recordings of material collected by, or contributed by, Hamish Henderson on the website below. http://research.culturalequity.org/get-audio-ix. do?ix=recording&id=10038&idType=sessionId&sortBy=abc Lyrics for many gaelic songs, including some presented here, can be found on the website below, where you can also hear the songs sung. http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/oran/orain/list/a_u/ This collection has been assembled by: Christine M. Chandler, 58 Riverside Park, Blairgowrie, PH10 6GB. Anything that you like about this collection is thanks to the generosity of those who have helped me. Anything you dislike is my fault. 2 Contents 1 Introduction 7 1.1 Background . .7 1.2 The Life of Hamish Henderson . .8 1.3 Folk-songs and Music from the Berryfields of Blair . .9 2 Music of Hamish Henderson 13 2.1 Freedom Come Aa Ye - lyrics . 13 3 Music From the Berry Fields of Blair 17 3.1 The Berry Fields of Blair . 17 3.2 The Gypsy Laddie . 20 3.3 The Baron of Brackley . 22 3.4 Hughie the Graeme . 25 3.5 The Bonnie House o' Airlie . 27 3.6 Queen Amang the Heather . 28 3.7 The Elfin Knight . 30 3.8 Glasgow Peggie . 31 3.9 The Rantin Laddie . 33 3.10 Owre Yon Hill . 35 3.11 Banks o' Red Roses . 36 3.12 Loch Duich . 37 3.13 The False Knight . 38 3.14 Twa Brothers . 39 3.15 Sweet William's Ghost . 41 3.16 Geordie Weir . 43 3.17 Green Grow the Laurels . 45 3.18 The Banks o' Airdrie . 47 3.19 Hatton Woods . 50 3.20 Heather Jock . 51 3.21 Lord Randal . 54 3.21.1 Lord Randal, Child Ballad 12, 35.2 . 54 3.21.2 Lord Randal, Child Ballad 12, 43.1 . 56 3.22 Late Last Night . 58 3.23 Johnny my Man . 59 3.24 The Corncrake or The Whinny Knowes . 61 3.25 Here's A Health To All True Lovers . 63 3 Collated by C. 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Chandler Blairgowrie and Rattray Song Book 3.26 The Braes o Yarrow . 65 3.27 Demon Lover . 68 3.28 Kilmarnock Town . 70 3.29 The Yellow Haired Laddie . 71 3.30 Bloody Waterloo . 72 3.31 Eppie Morrie . 74 3.32 My Father's Name is Alec . 76 4 New Music from the Berry Fields of Blair 79 4.1 Hej Sokoly . 80 4.1.1 Polish Version of the song . 80 4.1.2 Scottish Version: `Hey Falcons' . 81 4.2 Katerino Mome . 82 4.3 Polish Lullaby . 84 4.4 Lipka ...................................................... 86 4.5 J´aHusa´arekMal´y . 88 4.6 A Na Medzi Ceresenka . 89 4.7 Casuta Noastra . 90 4.8 Usahay . 92 4.9 Dandansoy . 94 4.10 Cetvorno Sopsko Horo . 96 4.11 Katerino Mome . 97 4.12 Mu isamaa on minu arm . 99 4.12.1 Version by Alexsander Kunileid . 99 4.12.2 Version by Gustav Ernesaks . 101 4.13 Lapsuuden Toverille . 103 4.14 A Riddle Wisely Expounded . 104 4.15 Carrickfergus . 106 5 Scots Songs Collected By Hamish Henderson from other Regions 109 5.1 The Jute Mill Song . 109 5.2 The Rambling Beauty . 111 5.3 Wester Badenteer . 112 5.4 Jock Geddes and the Soo . 115 5.5 Feeing for a Maid . 118 5.6 Nancy's Whisky . ..