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Thread #27891   Message #343871
Posted By: GUEST
20-Nov-00 - 08:04 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Whaur Gadie Rins
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whaur Gadie Rins
Actually, Sarah is right and the transcription in the DT is wrong; it's Gadie; a stream in Aberdeenshire which rises at the back of Bennachie Hill and flows into the Urie, a tributary of the Don. To expand just a little on Guest's comment: usually, finding a song round here isn't too hard once you're used to the idea that song titles vary a lot, and not just in the way they're spelled; often they will have a title quite different from what you might reasonably expect, so searching by keywords is often a better bet. (The "Digitrad and Forum Search" facility on the main Forum page is very good when it's working; unfortunately at present it's broken.) If you were to type gadie into the "Lyrics Search" box on this page, you would get Bennachie (2) which is a version of the song collected by Gavin Greig, with some useful background information. Logically, there must be a "Bennachie (1)"; if you now search for Bennachie you'll find the version you're looking for, though whoever transcribed it doesn't seem to have been terribly familiar with Scottish spelling. I know it seems a bit convoluted, but this is such a big site that a certain amount of lateral thinking can be a help when looking for things, particularly when the new search engine is off sick.

Malcolm