Lyr Req: The Crookit Bawbee

24 May 01 - 12:48 PM (#469549)
Subject: The Crookit Bawbee
From: ScottyG

I have searched all over bloody creation for the lyrics to "The Crookit Bawbee" and just can't find them anywhere. My mother sang that song with a gent from Glasgow when I was a very young boy, and the melody still haunts my memory, but I can't remember the exact words. My wife is an Arbroath lass, and I'd love to sing it with her. Can anyone help?

Thanks

ScottyG

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24 May 01 - 04:26 PM (#469742)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE CROOKIT BAWBEE
From: jacko@nz

It's a grand song

THE CROOKIT BAWBEE

Oh whaur awa got ye that auld crookit penny
For ane o bright gold wad ye niffer wi me
Richt fu are baith ends o ma green silken wallet
And braw will yer hame be in bonnie Glenshee

It's oh gin I saw the dear laddie that got it
Wha when we were bairns twa, gied it tae me
For a the bricht goud in yer green silken wallet
I never wad niffer ma crookit bawbee

Oh whaur awa got ye that auld worsted plaidy
A mantle o satin were fitter for thee
I will clad ye wi satin and mak ye a lady
Gin ye will gang wi me tae bonnie glenshee

Ye may clad me wi satin and mak me a lady
But the heart that beats true neath this auld worsted plaidy
Was gien him lang syne for this crookit bawbee

Ye ken na the laddie that gied ye the penny
Ye ken na the laddie wha's been true tae thee
But I ken the lassie wha wears the auld plaidy
The lassie that's keepit ma crookit bawbee

And are ye the laddie that gied me the penny?
The laddie I'll loe till the day that I dee
Ye may clad me in satin and mak me a lady
And I will gang wi ye tae bonnie Glenshee

It's aye, I'm the laddie that gied ye the penny
The laddie wha'll lo'e ye till the day that I dee
I will clad ye in satin and mak ye a lady
Gin ye will gang wi me tae bonnie Glenshee

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24 May 01 - 06:43 PM (#469854)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Crookit Bawbee
From: jacko@nz

oops

Fourth verse, missing second line is:

And tak me off wi ye tae bonnie Glenshee

:-))

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24 May 01 - 11:18 PM (#469996)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Crookit Bawbee
From: Gypsy

Ooohhhh....i like it! Any notes/abc, anyone?

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25 May 01 - 08:57 AM (#470193)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Crookit Bawbee
From: Malcolm Douglas

Thanks for that, Jacko; somebody was asking about this song a while back, and I wasn't able to find it.  Crookit Bawbee is a popular tune in the Northumbrian Piping repertoire; is that the tune used for this?  Three examples are available at  J C's Tunefinder, though as it turns out they're all transcriptions from Billy Pigg's recording.

Malcolm

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25 May 01 - 09:17 AM (#470212)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Crookit Bawbee
From: ScottyG

Jacko:

You da man! I wish I'd stumbled across this website sooner. Thanks a bazillion.

Malcom: As I'm sure you "ken", the words are Scottish; but I've only seen the title listed as an English pipe tune. As played on the bagpipes, the tune is pretty much the same as the melody for the sung version, with some subtle differences.

Cheers

ScottyG

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25 May 01 - 08:06 PM (#470659)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Crookit Bawbee
From: jacko@nz

Malcolm, first time I've been to JC's place. Very interesting, thank you

I was not entirely sure of the tune in my head, but on hearing JC's one it seems I was pretty well on it

Yes, that's the tune, though I would slow it just a little for the song

Jack

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