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Thread #36995   Message #2865246
Posted By: robd
16-Mar-10 - 10:44 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Massacre Of Glencoe
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Massacre Of Glencoe
I remember hearing Alex Beaton sing Wee Deoch an Doris, and when he got to the last line, 'If you can say, "It's a braw bricht moonlicht nicht", Then yer a'richt, ye ken.', he'd repeat it as, 'If you can say, "It's a fine bright moonlight night", Then you're alright, ye know.', and add after, he would add, "That last line was in case there are any Cambell's in the house." This was, I believe, a direct reference to "The Massacre of Glencoe", which he also sang.

(apologies to any Cambell's -- if it's any consolation, you may freely excoriate any of the shanty Irish horse thieves in my past)