I MET A MAN WHA SPEER'D AT ME


1.
I met a man wha speer'd at me,
Grow there berries in the sea?
I answered him by speering again,
Is there skate on Clochnaben?

2.
There was a hielandman axed at me,
What, grows there berries into the sea?
As I could answer him again,
What, grows there skate upon Cloch-na-ben?
________________________________________________________

(1) Chambers PRS 1847; MacLennan SNR (1909), 18; Nicht
at Eenie (1932), 28.
(2) Paul, Past & Present of Aberdeenshire (1881), 158
(no. 33).
awak'd it forc'd her to weep;he dreaming lay, and thought her
and references. Clochnaben is a hill in Aberdeenshire. This
may be a floater, turning up in versions of "I Once Loved a
Lass".

@Scottish @kids @questions
filename[ BERRYSEA
MS
OCT98
mudcat.org

---

PLEASE NOTE: Because of the volunteer nature of The Digital Tradition, it is difficult to ensure proper attribution and copyright information for every song included. Please assume that any song which lists a composer is copyrighted ©. You MUST aquire proper license before using these songs for ANY commercial purpose. If you have any additional information or corrections to the credit or copyright information included, please e-mail those additions or corrections to us (along with the song title as indexed) so that we can update the database as soon as possible. Thank You.