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Thread #151491   Message #3535882
Posted By: Northerner
10-Jul-13 - 11:28 AM
Thread Name: Scots misty mountain song - identify!
Subject: Scots misty mountain song - identify!
This is a long shot. Last night at the Cutty Wren Folk Club, Redcar, I got talking to a lady who comes from Tongue (north of Scotland). This lady had enjoyed my singing of Fhir a Bhata (I sing the English translation but I think this lady knows it in Gaelic). We got talking about lovely Scots songs - my parents were Scots and I also lived in Aberdeen for a year when younger. This lady started to sing a beautiful song - something about misty mountains. A Scottish song, one that I remember hearing sung many many years ago. I can't remember the title. Anyway I started singing it along with her. I don't remember hearing it sung at any of the folk clubs so maybe it comes from the time of the "White Heather Club." A lovely melody. I'd love to sing it again. Can anyone work out what it might be? Sorry, I can't give any clues apart from it being about misty mountains - and no, it's not the song from "The Hobbit..."