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18 Jul 06 - 12:23 AM (#1786081) Subject: Lyr Add: PLOOBOY LADDIES (from Tannahill Weavers) From: GUEST,Galen The Plooboy Laddies Doon in yonder den there's a plooboy lad An' summers day he'll be a' my ane Chorus (after each verse): And sing laddie aye and sing laddie oh The plooboy laddies are a' the go I will hae nae miller wi' his dusty coat The merchant's gear isnae worth a groat I love him weel, I love nane but him I love the very cairt he hurls in And when I think on my plooboy's smile It's in his arms I would bide a while I see him coming in frae yonder toon Wi' a' his ribbons hingin' 'roon an' 'roon |
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18 Jul 06 - 04:26 AM (#1786186) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Plooboy laddies by Tannahill Weavers From: GUEST I would suggest you change the spelling of 'ane' which normally means 'one' to 'ain' which means 'own'. (first verse) |
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18 Jul 06 - 03:44 PM (#1786566) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Plooboy laddies by Tannahill Weavers From: Malcolm Douglas See also LRC ADD: Plooboy Laddies (words from Tannahill Weavers cd. Evidently they printed "ane" on the insert. Did they say where they got that version of the song?) Add: Plooman Laddies (words from Buchan and Hall, Scottish Folksinger; originally from Lucy Stewart of Fetterangus). Number 3447 in the Roud Folk Song Index. Other variants appear in Ord, Bothy Songs and Ballads (a rather different verse form, sung to 'Rigs of Rye', and in The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection (vol III: 5 examples, three with music). |
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19 Jul 06 - 05:50 AM (#1787110) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Plooboy laddies by Tannahill Weavers From: GUEST,Auldtimer Maybe it's just being perverse but the chorus is often sang as ... And sing laddie oh and sing laddie aye The plooboy laddies are a' the go making a point of reaking the rhyme. |
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19 Jul 06 - 04:00 PM (#1787570) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Plooboy laddies by Tannahill Weavers From: Little Robyn Isla StClair used to sing this but with slightly different words, ending with: And now she's gotten her plooman lad, As fair as ever he came frae the ploo, She was singing it before Buchan and Hall published their book so I guess she visited Fetterangus too. Robyn |