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Thread #47907   Message #719154
Posted By: GUEST,ozmacca
28-May-02 - 09:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Regimental Songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Regimental Songs
Wilfried, I take my hat off to the organising genius who came up with that lot! Interesting co-incidence - while "matrosen" were German sailors, a "matross" was a british artillery rank in the 1600 - 1700s

Just found another regimental song. "The Lichtbob's Lassie" is a Scottish song about a girl who intends to dye her petticoats red and face them with yellow, to match her lover's uniform. The text (as I have it anyway) is in a north-east Scotland dialect - Aberdeenshire) Could these be the 26th Cameronian's? Specialist help required...... Walrus?