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Thread #155497   Message #3657863
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
06-Sep-14 - 12:37 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Concertina/Accordion theme
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Concertina/Accordion theme
Well there's Glasgow Dan, the Melodeon Man.
Glasgow Dan

And the squeezebox is mentioned in the last verse of John Conolly's Fiddler's Green. You'll find that in the DT.

And "There's Room fur us a' in the Dance" by Ian Davison, also from Glasgow and referring to
"Phil on the box and Aly on the fiddle" (Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain) The tune is "The Back o' Bennachie"

CHORUS: Wi Phil on the box and Aly on the fiddle
We birl at the top and then we dash doon the middle.
And what she sees in him is a riddle
And there's room for us all in the dance.

There's some no even started yet,
And there's some who're up for every set
And some wi' faces streaked wi' sweat
And there's room for us all in the dance.

They're a' in noo for The Sergeant Dashin,
Wi the elbows high and the partners clashin,
And the blood is up and the eyes are flashin,
And there's room for us all in the dance.

Then arm in arm in rows we're headin,
Steppin afoot for Mairi's Wedding,
An some'll no miss the weight they're sheddin,
And there's room for us all in the dance.

The cry goes up for Strip the Willow,
The ties are off and the dresses billow,
And I wouldnae mind her for to share my pillow,
And there's room for us all in the dance.


And then Dave Taylor has a rather dread-ridden song called "The Melodeons are Coming"

Will this do for starters, Rose?