20 Dec 01 - 10:08 AM (#613638) Subject: Scottish Song about Crofters rebelling From: GUEST,dermot mac Hi People, Looking for some great lyrics about the Scottish crofters struggle for Land reform. Heard it in a bar in Holland 2 years ago - it used the same air as Donald where's your Trousers I know "Lord Brockett" was in the lyrics somewhere and possibly "Knoydart" have been all over the Net looking for this. Not a lot to go on i know but may ring a bell with somebody thanks Dermot dermot_mac@hotmail.com |
20 Dec 01 - 12:11 PM (#613698) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song about Crofters rebelli From: Sorcha No joy--do you have any lyric snippets at all? I found the rising referred to, I think. 1948, thereabouts? |
20 Dec 01 - 12:26 PM (#613705) Subject: Lyr Add: BALLAD OF THE MEN OF KNOYDART From: Wolfgang As so often with Scottish songs, Susanne's (and Henry's) webpage come to help (all below is copied and pasted from there):
MEN OF KNOYDART Wolfgang |
20 Dec 01 - 12:27 PM (#613706) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song about Crofters rebelli From: Sorcha doh--I always forget to check her place! |
20 Dec 01 - 12:40 PM (#613713) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song about Crofters rebelli From: Wolfgang Just to tell the truth, Sorcha (assuming that you are as interested as I am in searches), I got it by an AllTheWeb search going for webpages that had 'knoydart' and 'lyrics' and 'crofters' in them (but I knew I had struck gold when I saw Susanne's familiar URL). And before that I had a couple of blank searches as long as I still had 'Lord Brockett' among the words to search for. Brockett/Brocket, one could have thought of that, but I didn't. Wolfgang |
20 Dec 01 - 05:43 PM (#613879) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song about Crofters rebelli From: Susanne (skw) :-))))) |
20 Dec 01 - 06:54 PM (#613916) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song about Crofters rebelli From: GUEST,Roger Sorry to be a pest, but I've websearched for chords under both 7 men of Knoydart and Johnson' Motor Car without success. Does anyone have them? Many thanks |
20 Dec 01 - 07:03 PM (#613922) Subject: Lyr Add: BALLAD OF THE MEN OF KNOYDART (S. Mor) From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) BALLAD OF THE MEN OF KNOYDART By Seumas Mor, as sung by Hamish Henderson Tune: "Johnston's Motor Car" Three verses are left out of the version posted by Wolfgang. Here they are: 3. "I'll write to Arthur Woodburn, boys, And they will let you know, That the 'Sacred Rights of Property' Will never be laid low. With your stakes and tapes, I'll make you traipse From Knoydart to the Rand: You can dig for gold till you're stiff and cold- But not on this 'ere land." 7. When Brocket heard these fightin' words, He fell down in a swoon, But they splashed his jowl with uisge, And he woke up mighty soon, And he moaned, "These Dukes of Sutherland Were right about the Scot. If I had my way I'd start today And clear the whole damn lot!" 9. "You may scream and yell, Lord Brocket- You may rave and shout. But the lamp we've lit in Knoydart Will never now go out. For Scotland's on the march, my boys- We think it won't be long. Roll on the day when the Knoydart Way Is Scotland's Battle Song." The song is incomplete without these verses. From the Rebels Ceilidh Songbook. www.electricscotland.com/si/songbook/menof_knoydart.htm |
20 Dec 01 - 07:06 PM (#613926) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song about Crofters rebelli From: MMario one set of chords are here url=http://users.cgiforme.com/irishlyrics/messages/3313.html
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20 Dec 01 - 07:46 PM (#613950) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song about Crofters rebelli From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Knoydart- A Wilderness Rescued. Quotes from a recent article. 675,000 pounds have been raised. The public is being asked to contribute 30,000 pounds to make the current business plan viable. Thirty thousand hectares (about 75,000 acres) are involved in the peninsula. Some remnants of the "Great forests of Caledon are there." Contribute to the Knoydart Foundation, Knoydart, By Mallaig, Scotland PH41 4PL. More information at www.mountain-portal.co.uk/knoydart.html |
21 Dec 01 - 07:12 AM (#614120) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song about Crofters rebelli From: GUEST,Diarmuid McKenna Unbelievable - thank you one and all - the Mudcat rules May I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year Diarmuid |
28 Dec 01 - 07:21 AM (#617551) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Song about Crofters rebelli From: GUEST,Roger Thanks MMario |