10 Jun 97 - 04:56 PM (#6579) Subject: Lyr Add: LADS O' THE FAIR (Brian McNeill) From: LaMarca Here's "Lads O' the Fair" by Brian McNeill (from memory; may be slightly folk processed as I'm American and have Anglo-Americanized some of the Scots):
Come, bonny lass, lie near me, CHORUS:
Come, Geordie, hold the pony,
Stand here and I'll show ye,
Oh, the work of the weaver's over, |
25 Nov 98 - 07:26 PM (#46812) Subject: MUS ADD: Lads O' The Fair From: John in Brisbane Missing tune in DT: Regards
MIDI file: lads_nu.mid Timebase: 120 TimeSig: 4/4 24 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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04 Jun 00 - 02:22 PM (#238141) Subject: Lads O'The Fair From: GUEST,James H. Could someone translate or perhaps explain some of the words and phrases in the Lads O'The Fair? My specifics are ~ what is "claith"? the meaning of "..selling the provost's dochter"? "siller" (silver)? "...kye"? ....for the feein' noo, man;" I would appreciate any help. Thanks. |
04 Jun 00 - 02:58 PM (#238154) Subject: RE: Lads O'The Fair From: Susan of DT claith = cloth = clothing dochter = daughter siller = silver = money kye = cows noo = now |
04 Jun 00 - 04:08 PM (#238165) Subject: RE: Lads O'The Fair From: GUEST,Jim 'feeing' relates to the practice of taking (agricultural) service with someone for a pre-arranged fee as the singer's brother has done being a 'plooman' ploughman. |
04 Jun 00 - 06:33 PM (#238195) Subject: RE: Lads O'The Fair From: GUEST,James H Thanks, Jim and Susan, for your input. It clarifies things considerably. |
04 Jun 00 - 06:33 PM (#238196) Subject: RE: Lads O'The Fair From: GUEST,James H Thanks, Jim and Susan, for your input. It clarifies things considerably. |
31 Aug 04 - 08:29 PM (#1261194) Subject: Lads O' The Fair From: Thomas the Rhymer Written by Brian MacNeill... So, my question is... when abouts did he pen this cool song? ttr |
31 Aug 04 - 11:09 PM (#1261276) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner He left The Battlefield Band in 1990 so it was before that. He was born in 1950 so it was after that. Battlefield Band began around 1969 so my guess from this bit of deductive extrapolation indicates between 1970 and 1990. If I could only find the damn song book I'd tell you the copyright date. Thomas go to the Millenium Stage web site and do a search on Brian. He does it on a bazouki in the concert they have in archive there. Along with a stack of other great stuff. Don |
31 Aug 04 - 11:20 PM (#1261279) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Dave Swan Great song. I first heard it c.1980. D |
01 Sep 04 - 02:06 AM (#1261338) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Big Tim I'd always thought it traditional: the mark of great writing. |
01 Sep 04 - 04:25 PM (#1261900) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Thomas the Rhymer It's sure to be... one day... but I'm not gonna wait around for it's inception into 'the hall of fame'... Say... Don... I can't seem to find the performance... bonehead that I am... what am I missing? ttr |
01 Sep 04 - 07:19 PM (#1262081) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner Hi Thomas This can be a hard system to use. http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/millennium/millennium.html? Open the search with 1. Click on Music 2. Then on music styles click on other. 3. On continent click on Europe 4. On country click on Scotland 5. Click on search, # 5 is Brian McNeill and friends. Its great. Don |
02 Sep 04 - 09:41 AM (#1262485) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Thomas the Rhymer Wow! That site is fantastic! Thanks for the info, Don. It was wothy of updating my real player, and I did. I still find the site strangely layed out... but it's like being lost in a wonderland... everywhere ya turn, there's a gem! Very Cool. ttr |
02 Sep 04 - 11:10 AM (#1262570) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Jeri For the record, here's Brian McNeill's website (no lyrics, uses frames). Brian also played fiddle on Jed Marum's last CD "Soul of a Wanderer" and will be on Jed's next one, in progress. Must bookmark the site Don gave. Looks like a fun place to play around in. |
02 Sep 04 - 11:25 AM (#1262585) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Jeri Hoping Don finds the damned songbook. The song was first recorded on the Battlefield Band's 'Home is Where the Van is', which came out in 1980. I was in the UK when it came out, and the album seemed to get a lot of air play. |
02 Sep 04 - 11:37 AM (#1262598) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Wolfgang I have that damn songbook, but not here right now. Look here early next week. Wolfgang |
02 Sep 04 - 02:12 PM (#1262763) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner Damn that song book! |
02 Sep 04 - 02:13 PM (#1262766) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Big Tim "Sodgers back frae the German war" - what German War? (The Falkirk Tryst was finished before 1914, around 1900). |
02 Sep 04 - 05:49 PM (#1262916) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner The song book says it was Brian's first song. I assume they differentiate from instrumental melodies. The book was done in 1988 and it mentions the Falkirk Fair is still on today (88) but as a social event and not a cattle sale. Don |
02 Sep 04 - 05:49 PM (#1262917) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner And Brian was born and raised in Falkirk |
03 Sep 04 - 02:50 AM (#1263169) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Big Tim Can't hold a man's birthplace against him! An excellent book on the subject is A.R.B.Haldane's "The Drove Roads of Scotland", widely available. |
03 Sep 04 - 08:50 PM (#1263878) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner I just watched this show again on the Millenium Stage. Anyone have a clue as to how his bazooky, bazooka, bouzouki is tuned? Don |
04 Sep 04 - 08:40 AM (#1264120) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Susanne (skw) In the programm of the 1997 Scottish Folk Festival in germany, Brian mentions that the idea to the song came to him in the middle of making 'Home Is Where The Van Is'. I'd post the lyrics but I've got to hurry just now. Tonight, perhaps, if anyone wants them. |
04 Sep 04 - 08:59 AM (#1264128) Subject: Lyr Add: LADS O' THE FAIR (Brian McNeill) From: DonMeixner LADS O' THE FAIR by Brian McNeill Come bonnie lass, lie near me, An let the brandy cheer ye For the road frae Fife tae Falkirk's lang An cauld an wet an weary My trade it is the weavin' In the bonnie toun o Leven An we'll drink a health tae the farmers' dames Wha'll buy our claith the morn. You can see them aa, the lads o the fair Lads frae the Forth an the Carron water Workin lads an lads wi gear Lads wha'd sell ye the provost's dochter Sodjers back frae the German wars Peddlers up frae the border An lassies wi an eye for mair than the kye At the trysting fair at Falkirk. Come, Geordie, haud the pony, For the path is steep an stony An its three lang weeks frae the Isle o' Skye An the beasts are thin an bony We'll tak the last o the siller An buy oursels a gill or two An drink to the lads wha'll buy our kye In Falkirk toun the morn Staun hear an I'll show ye There's the toun below ye But we'd best bide here in the barn the nicht For the nightwatch dinna know ye My brother, he's a ploughman An I'm for the feeing now, man An we'll drink tae the price o the hairvest corn In Falkirk toun the morn. The wark o the weaver's over Likewise the days o the drover An the ploughboy sits on a tractor nou Too high to see the clover The warkin's no sae steady, But the lads are aye still ready Tae drink a health tae the working man In Falkirk toun the morn. |
04 Sep 04 - 10:31 AM (#1264167) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Jeri Also in the DT. See DigiTrad links at top of page. I also note it doesn't have a tune? Jeri, (who has recently acquired 2 new opportunities for earrings) |
04 Sep 04 - 11:32 PM (#1264516) Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Nerd If Susanne is right, he must have written it in 1979 or 1980. Is that specific enough for your needs, TTR? |