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Thread #62137 Message #1857120
Posted By: GUEST,Scotus (minus cookie)
12-Oct-06 - 03:16 PM
Thread Name: Freedom Come All Ye, need translation
Subject: RE: Freedom Come All Ye, need translation
The song was first recorded on the 'Ding Dong Dollar' LP in the late 1950s and I believe that Hamish may have written it specifically for it.
I've always understood the 'gar oor rottans' means 'tear at our guts'.