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Thread #38114   Message #536163
Posted By: bfolkemer
27-Aug-01 - 01:56 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: The Bonnie House of Airlie
Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Bonnie House of Airlie
Hi folks,

(I am back to this site after being away for months and having computer problems. So I'm still a newbie.)

Anyway, Louis Killen sings this song to another tune, close to one which I associate also with the text " A Wee Bird Cam' to Our Ha' Door" (Wae's Be to Prince Charlie). That song is in an out of print book called 105 FOLKSONGS OF SCOTLAND. However, the tune is not exactly the same. The first line and the second line are pretty much identical, but after that it changes. I don't have the slightest idea how to post a tune in the chat or to the Dg. Trad. data base.

Hope this is of some help.

Beth