Lyr Req: Jock Tamson's Bairns, Movin' Out

Subject: Jock Tamson's Bairns, Movin' Out
From: GUEST,Federico Poole
Date: 10 Mar 01 - 11:08 AM

Anybody have the lyrics to this wonderful song?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jock Tamson's Bairns, Movin' Out
From: GUEST,Bruce O.
Date: 10 Mar 01 - 04:45 PM

"We're a' John Tamson's Bairns" derives from a late 17th century Scotsman, John Thomson, who had a lot of bairns that called him daddy, but only his wife might have known who their real father was. He reappeared in "Up with Aily Aily" about 1745, which is in the Scarce's Songs 1 file on my website. There are a number of unrelated "Jock/John Tamson" songs in the Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection.

I can't find my copy of "Jock Tamson's Bairns" (at least I seem to remember having it at one time)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jock Tamson's Bairns, Movin' Out
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 10 Mar 01 - 06:35 PM

Could Federico be thinking of a song 'Movin' Out', sung by the Scottish band Jock Tamson's Bairns? Don't know it, though.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jock Tamson's Bairns, Movin' Out
From: nutty
Date: 29 Jul 01 - 04:55 PM

I,ve just found the words for this song , so I will be posting it soon
I'm a slow, 2 fingered typist

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jock Tamson's Bairns, Movin' Out
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 05 Mar 02 - 12:47 AM

I looked at Jock Tamson's Bairns' web site, and could find no mention of a song called "Movin' Out."

Are you still typing, Nutty? Now THAT's slow!