ADD: Kelvingrove + The lassie's Answer (Lyle)

Subject: Lyr Add: KELVIN GROVE—THE LASSIE'S ANSWER
From: Conrad Bladey (Peasant- Inactive)
Date: 22 May 00 - 07:35 PM

KELVIN GROVE—THE LASSIE'S ANSWER
Written in 1827-

To Kelvin Grove we'll go, bonnie laddie, O,
Where the sweetest flowers grow, bonnie laddie, O;
With my true-love by my side,
Of a' the flowers the pride,
I'd wander the warld wide, bonnie laddie, O.

When the throstle hails the morn, bonnie laddie, O,
We'll wander by the burn, bonnie laddie, O;
And we'll rest in the alcove,
In bonny Kelvin Grove,
Where first I told my love to my laddie, O.

When thou leav'st thy native home, bonnie laddie, O.
With thee I mean to roam, bonnie laddie, O;
I'll watch thee in the fight,
And guard thee day and night,
That no mishap alight-on my laddie, O.

In the fatal battle-field, bonnie laddie, O,
Shouldst thou thy spirit yield, bonnie laddie, O--
When thy een are clos'd in death,
I'll sigh my latest breath,
And one grave shall hold us baith, bonnie laddie, O.

But kind should Fortune prove, bonnie laddie, O,
And spare us baith to love, bonnie laddie, O:
By the stream again we'll rove,
In bonny Kelvin Grove,
And frae hame nae mair remove, dearest laddie, O.

-H. Robson-In: The Newcastle Song Book or Tyne-Side Songster., W&T Fordyce
Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kelvin Grove The lassie's Answer
From: GUEST,Bruce O.
Date: 22 May 00 - 09:45 PM

Thomas Lyle wrote "Kelvin Grove" (not the answer above) to the tune of "The shearin's no for you" which is in DT tune file SHEARNAE.

Subject: Lyr Add: Kelvingrove / Kelvin Grove (Lyle)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 Apr 22 - 05:57 PM

From http://www.joe-offer.com/folkinfo/songs/568.html

KELVIN GROVE

Let us haste to Kelvin Grove, bonnie lassie, O,
Through its mazes let us rove, bonnie lassie, O.
Where the roses in their pride
Deck the bonnie dingle side,
Where the midnight fairies glide, bonnie lassie, O.

Let us wander by the mill, bonnie lassie O,
To the cove beside the rill, bonnie lassie, O.
Where the glens rebound the call
Of the roaring waters' fall
Through the mountains' rocky gall, bonnie lassie, O.

O Kelvin banks are fair, bonnie lassie, O.
When the summer we are there, bonnie lassie, O.
There the May-pinks's crimson plume
Throws a soft but sweet perfume
Round the yellow banks o' broom, bonnie lassie, O.

Subject: Lyr Add: Kelvin Grove
From: GUEST,Catamariner
Date: 28 Apr 22 - 05:59 PM

Date: 28 Mar 22 - 05:40 PM

Kelvin Grove - retrieved from the Traditional Tune Archive ("sun" typo corrected)

KELVIN GROVE
(Thomas Lyle)

Let us haste to Kelvin Grove, bonnie lassie, O
Through its mazes let us rove, bonnie lassie, O
Where the roses in their pride / Deck the bonnie dingle side
Where the midnight fairies glide, bonnie lassie, O.

Let us wander by the mill, bonnie lassie, O
To the cove beside the rill, bonnie lassie, O
Where the glens rebound the call / Of the roaring waters' fall
Through the mountains rocky hall, bonnie lassie, O.

Oh, Kelvin banks are fair, bonnie lassie, O
When the summer we are there, bonnie lassie, O
There the Maypink's crimson plume / Throws a soft but sweet perfume
Round the yellow banks o' broom, bonnie lassie, O.

Tho' I dare not call thee mine, bonnie lassie, O
As the smile of fortune's thine, bonnie lassie, O
Yet with fortune on my side / I could stay thy father's pride
And win thee for my bride, bonnie lassie, O.

But the frowns of fortune lour, bonnie lassie, O
On thy lover at this hour, bonnie lassie, O
Ere yon golden orb of day / Wake the warblers on the spray
From this land I must away, bonnie lassie, O.

Then farewell to Kelvin Grove, bonnie lassie, O
And adieu to all I love, bonnie lassie, O
To the river winding clear / To the fragrant scented brier
Even to thee of all most dear, bonnie lassie, O.

When upon a foreign shore, bonnie lassie, O
Should I fall midst battle's roar, bonnie lassie, O
Then, Helen, should'st thou hear / Of thy lover on his bier
To his memory shed a tear, bonnie lassie, O.

According to TTA: "The song was composed by Thomas Lyle (1792-1859), although its first appearance in print was in The Harp of Renfrewshire, where it was erroneously attributed to John Sim. It appeared [with correct attribution] in Lyle's volume Collected Poems and Songs (1837)." TTA entry for Kelvin Grove

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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Book_of_Scottish_Song.djvu/211

Subject: RE: ADD: Kelvin Grove + The lassie's Answer (Lyle)
From: GUEST,John MacKenzie
Date: 28 Apr 22 - 06:00 PM

Date: 29 Mar 22 - 04:02 AM

I learned this at school, to the same tune as The Shearin's no for You.
https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/theshearinsnotforyou.html

Subject: RE: ADD: Kelvin Grove + The lassie's Answer (Lyle)
From: GUEST,Senoufou
Date: 28 Apr 22 - 06:01 PM

Date: 29 Mar 22 - 06:46 AM

I used to live in Kelvingrove in Glasgow for about five years while teaching 'up there'. Kelvingrove art gallery and museum are most interesting to visit. It was quite a 'posh' area!

Subject: RE: ADD: Kelvin Grove + The lassie's Answer (Lyle)
From: GUEST,Georgiansilver
Date: 28 Apr 22 - 06:02 PM

Date: 29 Mar 22 - 10:29 AM

Kelvingrove. My own version.   Recorded in 2008.