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Thread #10176 Message #3342946
Posted By: GUEST,Billy Ross
25-Apr-12 - 05:20 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Will Ye Go to Flanders
Subject: RE: Origin: Will Ye Go to Flanders
Came across this ongoing debate by accident.Just to confirm that I wrote the additional verses
And will ye go tae Flanders my Mally-o Tae see the bonnie sodjers there my Mally-o They'll gie us pipes tae blaw Coats o red an kilts sae braw The finest o them a' my Mally-o
And will ye go wi me tae Flanders my Mally-o Gin I'd take the royal shillin my Mally-o Wid ye tae a foreign shore A' tae hear the canons roar and the bloody shouts o' war My Mally-o
I sang the song with Ossian but never recorded it. When I left the band in 1980 Tony (Cuffe) carried on singing the song and recorded it on the Dove Across the Water album
Tony and I sang it together for a final time at the Ossian reunion at Celtic Connections in 1997. As other contributers have said the song dates from 1706/7 and appears in a number of early collections