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Thread #734   Message #3683686
Posted By: GUEST,Guest
08-Dec-14 - 04:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Take Me Back (Andy Stewart)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req/Add: Bonnie Scotland/Take Me Back (Stewart
There ain't no Cape Ross - but I think Cape Wrath fits what I hear.

From Stranraer to Kintyre
From Kilcreggan up to Skye
From Cape Wrath to Inverness and Border Shieling
That's the world of my home and I'm longing now to roam
In the land of lochs and glens and silver seas

As to the author this is on the website under EMI(1960-1962)

http://www.andystewart.info/emi/

"This tune was written not by an exile longing for his homeland, but by a farmer who had moved from one farm to another, and was missing his former home. Mr. Willie Brewster, the composer, is a well-known figure in the Scottish Strathspey and Reel Society. I was in Perth, Australia, and feeling gye homesick when I wrote these words to the song".

The original melody for this song is 'The Meeting of the Waters', a traditional tune alleged to originate in the Borders and referring to the meeting of the Gala Water and the Tweed. The tune was extended from two to four parts by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod (1917-1982).

'Take Me Back' has never been issued in any form with a stereo mix, therefore it is unknown whether one was prepared or not. 'The Road and the Miles to Dundee' has been issued on several albums in stereo, initially on the US LP 'Andy Stewart's Scotland (Bonnie Ballads of the Highlands)' (Capitol 1962).

Year of Release: 1961
Label: Top Rank
Catalogue Number: JAR-594 (Mono)

TAKE ME BACK (Andy Stewart)
With Orchestra conducted by Bernard Ebbinghouse.