The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #56795 Message #895654
Posted By: Cluin
21-Feb-03 - 11:38 PM
Thread Name: Greatest Anti-War Song Ever?
Subject: Lyr Add: SILVER TASSIE
Not exactly an anti-war song, I guess, bot not pro-war either:
Archie Fisher set music to this little Burns poem on his ORFEO album many years ago, singing it as only he can. I've always liked this little gem....
Silver Tassie
Gae bring tae me a pint o' wine
And fill it in a silver tassie
That I may drink, before I go
A service tae my bonnie lassie
The boat rocks at the pier o' Leith,
Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry
The ship sails by the Berwick-Law
And I maun leave my bonnie Mary
The trumpets sound, the banners fly
The glitt'rin' spears are ranked an' ready
The shouts o' war are heard afar
And the battle closes deep and bloody
Tis not the roar o' sea on shore
Wad mak' me langer wish tae tarry
Nor shouts o' war that's heard afar
But leaving thee, my bonny Mary