its my birthday!

Subject: its my birthday!
From: GUEST,lexy
Date: 10 Oct 01 - 03:22 AM

would anyone like to dedicate a scots ballad? if so, which one? regards lex....

Subject: RE: its my birthday!
From: DancingMom
Date: 10 Oct 01 - 07:37 AM

Happy birthday. Today is John Prine's B'day too. Sharon

Subject: RE: its my birthday!
From: SharonA
Date: 10 Oct 01 - 10:36 AM

Don't know any Scots ballads, but happy day, anyway!

Another Sharon

Subject: RE: its my birthday!
From: mousethief
Date: 10 Oct 01 - 10:39 AM

I know some Scotspersons, and I know some ballads, but the Scots I know don't sing ballads. Happy Birthday, Guest lexy!

Alex

Subject: RE: its my birthday!
From: GUEST,Irish Sergeant
Date: 10 Oct 01 - 11:22 AM

Happy Birthday Lexy! The only Scot ballad I can think of off the top of my head is "Peggy Gordon" but I dedicate it to you anyway! Kindest regards, Neil

Subject: RE: its my birthday!
From: PeteBoom
Date: 10 Oct 01 - 11:29 AM

It won't be The Rape of Glencoe... Happy Birthday anyway...

Pete

Subject: RE: its my birthday!
From: Amergin
Date: 10 Oct 01 - 12:07 PM

welll there is sheath and knife...

Subject: Lyr Add: ROAD TO DUNDEE
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 10 Oct 01 - 12:25 PM

I'm English, with no Scottish roots that I'm aware of, but this is a song I LOVE...

ROAD TO DUNDEE

1. Cold winter was howlin' o'er moorland and mountain
And wild was the surge of the dark rolling sea
When I met about daybreak a bonnie young lassie
Who asked me the road and the miles to Dundee.

2. Says I, "My young lassie, I canna weel tell ye,
The road and the distance I canna weel gie,
But if you'll permit me to gang a wee bittie,
I'll show you the road and the miles to Dundee."

3. The lassie consented and gie me her airm
Not a word did I speir wha the lassie micht be
She appeared like an angel in feature and form
As she walked by my side on the road to Dundee.

4. At length wi' the howe o' Strathmartine behind us
The spires o' the toon in full view we could see,
She said, "Gentle sir, I can never forget ye
For showin' me so far on the road to Dundee.

5. This ring and this purse please accept as a token
And surely there's somethin' that ye can gi'e me,
That in years to come I'll the laddie remember
Who showed me the road and the miles to Dundee?"

6. I took the gold pin frae the scarf on my bosom,
And said, "Tak' ye this, in remembrance o' me",
And bravely I kissed the sweet lips o' the lassie
And I pairted frae her on the road to Dundee.

7. So here's tae the lassie; I canna forget her,
And ilka young laddie wha's listenin' to me,
O never be sweir to convey a young lassie,
Though it's only to show her the road to Dundee.

Happy Birthday!

Subject: RE: its my birthday!
From: weepiper
Date: 10 Oct 01 - 02:14 PM

Can't think of an appropriate ballad right now but I'll play the pipe reel Lexy MacAskill later tonight... :-)