I was fortunate to be asked to play guitar on Andy's only album (to date) 'King Fareweel'(Lismor LIFL 7002) back in 1984. He sings Kilbowie Hill on it as well as two other songs he wrote - 'Up and awa wi the Laverock' and 'King Fareweel' (the latter from a trad fragment). The rest of the songs are trad.

Andy comes originally from Clydebank, went to Aberdeen Uni and stayed with Jeannie Robertson during that time and now lives in Fife. he is one of the lecturers on the RSAMD degree programme in Scots Music. His singing of Scots ballads is absolutely wonderful!

When he recorded 'KH' he inadvertantly left out a verse - when I subsequently recorded the song on the album 'Lassie, Lassie' (Greentrax CDTRAX 027) I restored the 'missing verse'.

The Kilpatrick Hills my hairt wid fill, wi tears o November rain
Tho simmer sings her ain sang luve, it's never twice the same
She taught me verse and chorus, but the bonny air's away
And the wind saughs ower Kilbowie Hill, at the dawnin o the day

The tune, of course, is the pipe air 'The Dawinin o the day' as used for 'The Raglan Road'. Andy swears he had never heard 'The Ragaln Road' at the time he wrote 'KH'.

Jack