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Thread #125348   Message #2775391
Posted By: Dave Hanson
28-Nov-09 - 02:40 AM
Thread Name: Origins/lyrics: Queen Among the Heather
Subject: RE: Origins/lyrics: Queen Among the Heather
In the book ' Till Doomsday In The Afternoon ' by Ewan MacColl and Pggy Seeger which is about the Stewarts of Blairgowrie and their music and traditions the version given is :-

first verse

Noo, as I roved out one summers morn,
Amang lofty hills and moorland and mountain,
It was there I spied a lovely maid,
Whilst I, with others was out a hunting.

As Ewan and Peggy spent some considerable time with the family I think this would be Belle's own version of the song.

This is also the version given in Sheila Stewarts book about her mother, ' Queen Amang The Heather '

Dave H