Lyr Req: Bonnie Wee Jenny MacCall

Subject: Bonnie Wee Jenny MacCall
From: VoxFox
Date: 21 Oct 01 - 10:41 PM

Hello Mudcatters, I have done a bit of searching in the DT but couldn't find this in it. The chorus goes something like this - She's a fine lass, a bonnie wee lass, Is bonnie wee Jennie MacCall. I gave her me mother's engagement ring and a......? I met her at the wedding in the co-operative hall. I was the best man, she was the belle of the ball. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch. VF

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Wee Jenny MacCall
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 21 Oct 01 - 10:53 PM

A short set of this was posted last year:  Jeannie McColl

Does anybody have more to add (a tune,for example)?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Wee Jenny MacCall
From: GUEST,Boab
Date: 22 Oct 01 - 03:04 AM

Malcolm has pointed straight at the lyrics. The song is more of the music-hall genre [nought wrang wi' that----]than Scottish tradition, and has a real lively tune--popular as a reel; I wish I could pass it on, but I'm a duffer as far as Chord notation etc. is concerned!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Wee Jenny MacCall
From: GUEST,Stavanger Bill
Date: 22 Oct 01 - 08:33 AM

To VF

She's a fine wee lass, a bonnie wee lass, Is bonnie wee Jennie MacCall. I gave her ma mother's engagement ring and a bonnie wee tartan shawl. I met her at the wedding in the co-operative hall. I was the best man, she was the belle of the ball.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Wee Jenny MacCall
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 22 Oct 01 - 09:50 AM

I put together a half-baked midi of this - how can I post it?

Cheers

Steven

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Wee Jenny MacCall
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 22 Oct 01 - 11:09 AM

If you have your own webspace, you can put the midi there, with a link to it from this thread.  You can also send a copy to Alan of Oz for the  Mudcat Midi Pages,  but he doesn't seem to have been around much, lately, so it might not appear for a while; if you'd like to send me a copy, too, at  South Riding Folk Network  I'll put in a link to it straight away (and in the other thread), until it gets a long-term home at the Midi pages here.

Subject: Lyr Add: BONNIE WEE JEANNIE MCCOLL
From: TamthebamfraeScotland
Date: 22 Oct 01 - 12:59 PM

A fine wee Lass a bonnie wee Lass is bonnie wee Jeannie McColl
I gave her ma mither's engagement ring a bonnie wee Tartan shawl
I met her at a waddin in the Co-operative hall
I wis the best man and she was the bell of the ball

The very night I met she wis awfy awfy shy
The rain cam pourin doon but she was happy so wis I
We ran like mad for shelter and wwe landed up a stair
The rain cam pouring oot o ma breeks but och I dinnae care

Noo I've wad ma Jeannie and bairnies we hiv three
Twa Dochters and a braw wee fellah that sits upon ma knee
They’re richt wee holy terrors and they're never still for lang
But they sit and listen every nicht while I sing this sang

HTML line breaks added --JoeClone, 27-Nov-01.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Wee Jenny MacCall
From: VoxFox
Date: 22 Oct 01 - 10:18 PM

Hi Guys, Just got back in and I really want to thank you for answering my thread. I have the tune in my head but just didn't have all the words. The midi is the same tune I know so thank you to Scabby Doug for making it up. We play it at a fair clip with a kinda bum-cha bum-cha bum-cha beat( hey, I can't play 'em, I just sing 'em)Again, thanks to Malcolm Douglas, Stavanger Bill, Scabby Doug and scotland forever for helping me out. I am a happy girl. VF

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Wee Jenny MacCall
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 23 Oct 01 - 04:19 AM

Thanks for the advice on posting midis, Malcolm. I posted a link (as you'll have seen) on the other thread. It's a bash at the tune.. I know that it's pretty rough, particlularly towards the end..

Did it at work using Noteworthy, then saved it as a Midi.

here's the link here

Cheers

Steven