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Thread #174269 Message #4227480
Posted By: Robert B. Waltz
22-Aug-25 - 11:11 AM
Thread Name: Chord Req: Lizzie Lindsay in DADGAD tuning
Subject: RE: Chord Req: Lizzie Lindsay in DADGAD tuning
Johhn MacKenzie wrote:
The lyrics quoted were I believe by Robert Burns, and as such the title is Leezie Lindsay.
Not exactly. Yes, that chorus is found in the Burns fragment.
But if you look only at the versions in Bronson (let alone the 74 versions in the Roud Index), you will find that chorus, almost exact except for the way they transcribe the Scots, not only in Bronson's #1 (Burns) but in Bronson's #2 (Cox, which does have one difference: it uses "wife" for "bride"), #3 (Child), #4 (Smith: "pride" for "bride"), #5 (Maver), and #6 (Barry, Eckstorm, and Smythe).
Most of these title it "Leezie Lindsay," but not all.
There is no standard spelling of her name. So I used Child's collective spelling of the name, and the most typical spellings of Braid Scots I could.