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Thread #116230   Message #2497451
Posted By: Jim McLean
19-Nov-08 - 05:03 AM
Thread Name: The Parting Glass, About what?
Subject: RE: The Parting Glass, About what?
Hi Big Tim, the sleeve notes to Hall/McG's LP 'We Belong to Glasgow' (1970)were split between myself and Clifford Hanley but there is no reference to Good Night and Joy be wi' you a' as it is not on the album. The two verses you quoted in your last posting are from the Burns' version on the last page of Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, printed after Burns died.
Joanna Baillie's version called Good-night, Good-night begins:
The sun is sunk, the day is done,
E'en stars are setting, one by one;
Nor torch nor taper longer amy
Eke out the pleasure of the day;