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Thread #27891   Message #3381344
Posted By: GUEST,Charles Macfarlane
25-Jul-12 - 12:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Whaur Gadie Rins
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whaur Gadie Rins
There was a band called Iolair of some twenty or thirty years back that did a nice version of 'Gadie Rins'.

However, spanner in works alert!

I have a version here photocopied from an old book in some UK public library or other*. All I can tell now is that the particular photocopy is of p100/101.

The version I have is headed ...

O Gin I Were Where The Gadie Rins
Words by Dr John Park
Arranged by T M Mudie

... and the lyrics are ...

O gin I were where Gadie rins,
Where Gadie rins,
Where Gadie rins,
O gin I were where Gadie rins,
At the back o' Bennachie.

Ance mair to hear the wild bird's sang
To wander birks and braes amang,
Wi' frien's and fav'rites left sae lang
At the back o' Bennachie.

Oh mony a day in the blythe springtime,
Oh mony a day in the simmer's prime,
I've wiled awa' my careless time,
At the back o' Bennachie.

O gin I were where Gadie rins,
'Mang fragrant heath and yellow whins,
Or brawling down the bosky linns,
At the back o' Bennachie.

O gin I were where Gadie rins,
Where Gadie rins,
Where Gadie rins,
O gin I were where Gadie rins,
At the back o' Bennachie.

Oh! There with Jean on ilka nicht,
When baith our hearts were young and licht,
We've wandered by the cool moonlicht
At the back o' Bennachie.

But fortune's flow'rs wi' thorns are rife,
And wealth is won by toil and strife,
Ae day gi' me o' youthfu' life
At the back o' Bennachie.

Ance mair, ance mair, where Gadie rins,
Where Gadie rins, where Gadie rins,
Oh micht I dee where Gadie rins,
At the back o' Bennachie.

* I did a lot of this at one time, but as I was just looking for the words and music for songs I knew I liked rather than researching, I never wrote down in which books I found the music, so, as here, I usually have no idea which book a particular photocopy came from, or exactly how old the book was. Recently I scanned all my loose sheet music, and cleaned the results up by removing the usual photocopying toner blemishes, etc. So if it's any help I can put it up on my site.