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Thread #109049 Message #2871932
Posted By: GUEST,Gerry
25-Mar-10 - 06:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Don't Sign Up for War (Alistair Hulett)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Sign Up for War (Alistair Hulet
A friend figured out how to get the text off the CD. It's given mostly as Jim McLean has it, with a few small changes and some translations.
Verse 1, line 1 has "thon" where Jim has "yon". Line 4 has "went" instead of "gaed" (I'm not saying that Alistair sang "went", just that that's what he wrote in the lyrics file). Verse 2, line 1, "o' Langside" instead of "at Langside". Verse 5, line 4, "Dae" instead of "Be". Verse 6, line 4, "was" instead of "were".
The translations:
heid bummer = leader tak tent o' = pay heed to wheeched = rushed telt = told thrang ten thoosan strang = crowd ten thousand strong kent = knew mair = more sair = sore gey close tae scunnert = to the brink of collapse swap suppert = forcibly fed ower blaistart = in an uproar Ilk wey = whichever way weel an' brawly gouthart = in a quandary