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Thread #20328   Message #589536
Posted By: GUEST,Boab
10-Nov-01 - 12:26 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Corries Scots Songs
Subject: RE: Corries Scots Songs - Would You Like One
Good thread! May I sound a wee warning for any "purists" among us?---Don't expect the Corries songs to conform lyrically [?] to the originals in every case. The Lads, great performers though they were, were not averse to making wee sleekit changes in order to "improve"[ or make more commercial?] any particular number they may have been performing at the time. They "changed the sex" of Dumbarton's Drums, for instance. They were "selective" with their rendition of Derwentwater's Farewell. Ronnie sang about the [phonetic] "Lassie's tosher" when it is strictly "tocher' as in "loch". Juyst small things which I found a tad irritating---nevertheless, I loved their performance and their style in all other ways. Perhaps this next would be better on a separate thread, but here goes anyway---Which is an offspring of which; "I Aince Loved a Lass" or the Irish "The Lambs on the Green Hills"?: Both obviously tell the same story--and both are beautiful numbers. Just an aside---the full text of Ye Jacobites by Name will be found in any book of the works of Robert Burns.