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Thread #17603   Message #171373
Posted By: GUEST,bigJ
31-Jan-00 - 08:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: innisvaddie annie
Subject: Lyr Add: UP THE NORAN WATER (Cruickshank/Read)
Hi John, The version that Harold W mentions - although I'm sure he can speak for himself - is called 'Up the Noran Water' - words by Helen Cruickshank; music by Jim Read. It appears on the CD 'Sconeward' by James Malcolm (Greentrax CDTRAX 083) - here are the words which are only slightly different to those used by Len. It's a beautiful love song by both singers.

Up the Noran Water, roon by Ingle's Maddie,
Annie's got a bairnie that hasna got a daddie.
Who the bairnie's father is the lassie winna say,
An nobody expected it with Annie's quiet ways.

Up the Noran Water, the bonnie little mannie
Is dandled and cuddled close by Ingle Maddie's Annie.
Who the bairnie's father is the lassie never says,
But some think it's Tammas', and ithers think it's Chae's.

Up the Noran Water the country folk are kind
And who the bairnie's father is they dinna muckle mind.
But oh the bairn at Annie's breast, the love in Annie's ee,
Wid mak me wish wi all my micht that lucky lad was me.