Lyr Req: I Loved a Lad

Subject: Scottish Tragic Love Song
From:
Date: 15 Oct 00 - 12:03 PM

I'm trying to track down the name and lyrics of a song I once heard somebody sing about 6 years ago. It's a tragic Scottish love song about a woman who is watching her only true love get married to someone else. I'm pretty sure the song is actually being sung at the wedding, although it is ages since I heard it. Does it ring any bells with any one? I have looked in the database but I don't really have much to go on. I'll recognise it as soon as I see it but I don't really know where to start looking!!

Thanks Claire

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Tragic Love Song
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 15 Oct 00 - 12:13 PM

This sounds like a version of The False Bride except the gender is wrong. The refrain is "..gone to be wed to another" Does that sound right?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Tragic Love Song
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 15 Oct 00 - 12:39 PM

Funny, I've always known it as False Bride. See "I Loved A Lad" on the DT

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Tragic Love Song
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 15 Oct 00 - 12:41 PM

As Keith says, that would be the song.  There are a few versions in which the sexes are reversed as in Claire's question; there's at least one on the DT.  I've put links to all the material available here in this thread:  The False Bride

Malcolm

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Tragic Love Song
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 15 Oct 00 - 08:43 PM

Hi Claire, if you enter flsebrd* in the blue Digitrad box, you'll get 13 entries. I believe Malcolm's linked-to thread above just leads to 9.

This is one of my favorite songs...so when I posted an off topic comment about "salt sea" words in another thread, Susan of DT said it was indeed The False Bride and there was something about the numbering of that one in the DT that perhaps made it hard to find. Good luck.

Mary

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Tragic Love Song
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 15 Oct 00 - 08:55 PM

You'll get 13 hits, right enough, but 4 of them are unrelated contemporary songs that just happen to be set to the best-known "Week Before Easter" tune.  I did check them all at the time!

Malcolm

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Tragic Love Song
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 15 Oct 00 - 08:56 PM

...oops...I was just checking them too! Sorry 'bout that.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Tragic Love Song
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 15 Oct 00 - 08:59 PM

No problem.  It's one of my favourites, too.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Tragic Love Song
From:
Date: 16 Oct 00 - 07:56 AM

Thanks for all your help!!

The version I was looking for was I Loved a Lad. I've been looking for it for years and I'm so happy I found it.

Now I just have to get round to singing it!!

Claire