12 Jun 02 - 12:23 PM (#728387) Subject: Shy Geordie From: little john cameron In the sang Shy Geordie in mentions "Doon by Inglismaddy",dis oneybody know whit this is? ljc |
12 Jun 02 - 04:04 PM (#728593) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: DMcG I don't even know Shy Geordie. Please post a link or the context of the lyrics and then maybe we can work it out from the context. Knowing no more than you've given, I'd guess at a placename, but its not one I recognise. |
12 Jun 02 - 05:43 PM (#728676) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: little john cameron The only thing ah can think o' is it is an English wummans name,as in Maddie Prior.
SHY GEORDIE Up the Noran Wate
In by Inglismaddy, Annie's got a bairnie
That hasna got a daddy. Some say it's Tammas's,
An' some say its Chay's; An' naebody expec'it it,
Wi' Annie's quite ways.
Up the Noran Water
The bonnie little mannie Is dandled an' cuddled close
By Inglismaddy's Annie. Wha the bairnie's daddy is
The lassie never says ; But some think it's Thammas's,
An' some think it's Chay's.
Up the Noran Water
The country folk are kind ; An' wha the bairnie's daddy is
They dinna muckle mind. But oh ! the bairn at Annie's breist,
The love in Annie's e'e-- They mak me wish wi' a' my might
The lucky lad was me !
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12 Jun 02 - 05:49 PM (#728678) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: Noreen Lovely words! I think it sounds like a place name. |
12 Jun 02 - 05:58 PM (#728689) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: Sorcha Could it possibly be "English Maddy/Maddie" as in a woman's name like you thought? |
12 Jun 02 - 06:02 PM (#728693) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: Sorcha Dammit--no, I see it probably isn't. Thought I hit the Clear button........oh well. Is that the phonetic spelling, ljc? |
12 Jun 02 - 06:03 PM (#728695) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: little john cameron This bit makes me think that Inglismaddy is Annies mother.ljc Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: little john cameron Date: 12-Jun-02 - 05:43 PM The only thing ah can think o' is it is an English wummans name,as in Maddie Prior. SHY GEORDIE
Up the Noran Wate In by Inglismaddy, Annie's got a bairnie That hasna got a daddy. Some say it's Tammas's, An' some say its Chay's; An' naebody expec'it it, Wi' Annie's quite ways.
Up the Noran Water The bonnie little mannie Is dandled an' cuddled close By Inglismaddy's Annie |
12 Jun 02 - 06:06 PM (#728698) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: little john cameron Naw thar is the original Scots spellin.Ingis is ENGLAND. |
12 Jun 02 - 06:07 PM (#728700) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: Sorcha I think it is a place name.........what do I know? |
12 Jun 02 - 06:21 PM (#728713) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: Noreen Yes, I know what you mean, ljc, but that construction is also used of a placename, as in Mill o' Tifty's Annie (*sniff*) |
12 Jun 02 - 06:57 PM (#728735) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: little john cameron Aye bit Mill o' Tifty is a place,Inglis is the auld Scots word for English.As in Ingleland=England.ljc(BIG SNIFF) |
12 Jun 02 - 07:10 PM (#728746) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: little john cameron A location in the Buchan district of Aberdeenshire, Tifty and Mill of Tifty lie a mile (1½ km) to the north of Fyvie. A local ballad known as Mill o' Tifty's Annie recalls an Agnes Smith who died in 1678 of a broken heart, her father having locked her in her room to prevent her from eloping with the Trumpeter of Fyvie. A stone figure of the trumpeter bcan still be seen on one of the castle towers at Fyvie. ljc |
12 Jun 02 - 07:17 PM (#728753) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: GUEST,banbha Agnes Smith wouldn't be the original 'Lass of Fife' [as in the song] by any chance??? |
12 Jun 02 - 07:19 PM (#728754) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: GUEST,banbha Sorry, I meant a different song than the one this thread is concerned with! |
12 Jun 02 - 07:42 PM (#728768) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: little john cameron Nae bother,that was Peggy in The Bonnie Lass.ljc |
13 Jun 02 - 09:49 AM (#729123) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: GUEST,Moleskin Joe These words are a poem by the Angus poet Violet Jacob and were put to music by Jim Reid. The placenames are in Angus. Len Graham borrowed the song and turns the names into Irish ones. |
13 Jun 02 - 11:52 AM (#729211) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: little john cameron Naw Joe,ah think ye're gettin mixed up wi' "Wild Geese" whit wis written by Violet Jacob an' recorded by Jim REID.He also recorded "Shy Geordie" as "Up the Loran Water" Shy Geordie wis written by Helen Cruikshanks.ljc |
13 Jun 02 - 11:58 AM (#729216) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: Malcolm Douglas The song has been discussed here a number of times in the past, with some disagreement as to whether the tune is by Len Graham (Innishfaddie's Annie) or Jim Reid (Up the Noran Water); it may very well be that there are two different arrangements circulating, though I've only ever heard one melody for it. Lyr Req: innisvaddie annie It appears that Helen Cruikshank -Montrose born and educated, but an Edinburgh resident for most of her life- spelled (the placename) Inglismaddy; there are a number of places named Inglismaldie in various parts of Scotland. |
21 Jan 03 - 10:23 PM (#871953) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: iainc rieght now,shy geordie as I have it up the noren waters and roun by invosmaddie annies got a bairnie that has nae got a daddy who the bairnies father is the lassie would-na say and nobody expected it wi annies quiet ways. up the noren waters the bonnie little man'ie is dangeled and cuddled close by ingles maddies annie who the bairnies father is the lassie wouldna say but some think its thomas'es and others think its shane's up the noren waters the country folk are kinder and who the bairnies father is they di'nay muckle mind but oh! the bairn at annies breast the love in annies eye would mak me wish wi all ma micht that the lucky lad was me, thats it then any more???????????? big iain cameron |
21 Jan 03 - 10:38 PM (#871961) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: Malcolm Douglas Read my earlier post (the one just before yours). The underlined blue things are links to earlier discussions which contain more information than does this late and rather pointless thread on the subject. |
23 Sep 11 - 08:04 AM (#3227656) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: GUEST,Eckieboy Inglismaldie Castle stands near the banks of the North Esk in Inglismaldie Woods. Near to the villages of Luthermuir and Edzell on the border between Angus and Aberdeenshire. Older local refer to this place as Inglesmaddy. |
18 May 15 - 05:26 AM (#3709619) Subject: RE: Shy Geordie From: GUEST,Arthur Hannan Not sure about the inglis bit but maddy may be gaelic (madidh) for fox |