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Thread #8116 Message #1464238
Posted By: Scotus
18-Apr-05 - 08:34 AM
Thread Name: Band o' Shearers - Shear what?
Subject: RE: Band O' Shearers - Shear what?
There are some great old Scots words in 'The Band o Shearers'
I'll cast my grovat = cravat
Wi my heuch (pronoumced hyuch) I'll cut it doon = hook
And a nice Scots dependent rhyme - 'I'll share my lot' (share and shear)
The song is one of many extolling the romantic idyll of rural life as thousands of country dwellers moved to the towns during the industrial revolution.