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Thread #73955   Message #1288392
Posted By: GUEST,Brian Peters
04-Oct-04 - 01:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bonny George Campbell (Brian Peters)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: brian peters' bonny george campbell
I do indeed sing an Anglicised version, which Anne Alderson scribbled down on a beermat at the legendary Collingwood folk club, Thornaby on Tees, during the 1980s. I never bothered doing a collation job on it, and have sung exactly these words ever since. I agree with Jim McLean that the McDonald verse is not traditional, but who added it I don't know. I've always been reticent about singing it in Scotland!
Regards