chords for 'mermaid' & 'stoutest man'

Subject: chords for 'mermaid' & 'stoutest man'
From: GUEST,Mark
Date: 16 Jun 00 - 11:11 AM

Looking for the chords for 'Mermaid', this version starts: 'When I was a lad in a fishing town, an old man said to me'. Also for 'The Stoutest Man in the Forty-Twa'. Both are Scottish traditional

Subject: RE: chords for 'mermaid' & 'stoutest man'
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 16 Jun 00 - 06:44 PM

I have a sneaking feeling that the FortyTwa is original Ian Bruce. I know he does it and I don't think he'd be as leery about one of the lines in it unless it was his.

Subject: RE: chords for 'mermaid' & 'stoutest man'
From: GUEST,Mark
Date: 17 Jun 00 - 10:55 AM

'Stoutest Man' I've only heard by Alex Beaton, don't know who else may have done it, or who wrote it

Subject: RE: chords for 'mermaid' & 'stoutest man'
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 17 Jun 00 - 10:50 PM

The Stoutest Man In the Forty Twa appears in The Scottish Folksinger  (Norman Buchan & Peter Hall, Collins 1973/8); no author is named, but it's credited as "from the singing of John Strachan".  Pre- Ian Bruce, I should think.  Chords are given; I haven't tried to do this before -not being a guitarist- so I'll use the method described by Walter Corey, and elaborated on by Alan of Australia in the recent thread  Adding Chords to songs

Behold I am a soldier bold, and only twenty five years old  (G -C -G)
A braver warrior never was seen fae Inverness tae Gretna Green.  (C- G -C -G -D7)
When I was young my father said he wad pit me tae a decent trade,  (C -G -C -G)
But I didnae like that job at a', so I went and joined the Forty Twa.  (C -G -C -G -D7 -G)

Malcolm

Subject: RE: chords for 'mermaid' & 'stoutest man'
From: GUEST,Mark
Date: 27 Jun 00 - 06:01 PM

Thank you, Malcolm, that helps