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05 Feb 01 - 04:51 PM (#390762) Subject: What does it mean From: The Lad Both sides the tweed. A lovly traditional song with a beautiful air to accompany it. The chorus goes: Let the love of our land´s sacred rights To the love of our people succeed Let friendship and honour unite And flourish on both sides the tweed. A song I like to sing, but it always iretates me to sing lyrics I don´t understand. Can anyone explain what that last line means Yours in hope |
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05 Feb 01 - 04:56 PM (#390770) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What does it mean From: MMario it's a plea for the ceaseing of hosilities between England And Scotland |
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05 Feb 01 - 04:57 PM (#390772) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What does it mean From: nutty I always thought it was talking about the joining of the Highlands and Lowlands into a united Scotland |
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05 Feb 01 - 05:00 PM (#390775) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What does it mean From: MMario Nutty - so did I - but according to the various sources I looked at the two sides of the Tweed traditionally refer to England and Scotland rather then Highland and Lowland. It DOES form the border for nearly 1/4th of it's own length. |
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05 Feb 01 - 05:05 PM (#390781) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What does it mean From: The Lad Thanks for the help. |
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05 Feb 01 - 05:05 PM (#390782) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What does it mean From: nutty I stand corrected MMario. |
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05 Feb 01 - 05:08 PM (#390786) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What does it mean From: Malcolm Douglas This is what Dick Gaughan, who adapted an old text to a new tune of his own, had to say about this song: "This was written in 1979 shortly after the Scots returned a majority in favour of a separate Scottish Parliament but the vote was vetoed in the UK Parliament due to the actions of some Members from the North of England. The verses call for the recognition of Scotland's right to sovereignty and the choruses argue against prejudice between our peoples. The Tweed is the river which forms part of the Scots-English border and is used here as a symbol of both the need for independence and the need for friendship and co-existance. The original text was an attack upon the Treaty of Union of 1707 which abolished the independent Scots and English Parliaments and set up the United Kingdom. I made some minor amendments to give it contemporary relevance." Malcolm |