A few years ago, when I had just started out doing this solo thing, a lady came up to me at a Celtic gathering and handed me a CD saying that there were some songs on it that I just "had" to do because they were perfect for my voice. Well, I tucked the disc away and then rediscovered it a short while ago. The disc - "The World's Room" /
Old Blind Dogs - don't know how I hadn't picked it up on my own before
rediscovering it. As it happens I discovered a fine song on the CD called, "Forfar Sodger;" but, the song the lady would have me do I
wouldn't touch in a hundred years.

The title is, "Mill o' Tifty" and it has one of the most beautiful and compelling melodies to my ear; however, it is a song about a young woman whose family has promised her hand in marriage to a man she doesn't love. She then falls in love with another young man and the family is so shamed by her actions that they disown her; finally, her brother is so enraged that (with the family's permission) he beats her to death. I'M CANNOT SING THIS SONG! It's such a shame, too, because the melody is just beautiful. By the way, it's a true story and I believe the young woman is buried in Fyvie. Cheers.