Lyr Req: Broom of Cowdenknowes

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Broom of Cowdenknowes
From: ciarili
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 08:55 PM

Dear Herga,

you heard minnie's perfectly right - it means mother.

ciarili

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Broom of Cowdenknowes
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 02:28 PM

Woops! That last link just takes you back to the beginning of THIS THREAD!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Broom of Cowdenknowes
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 01:54 PM

Broom of the Cowdenknowes in the DT.

Threads about this song, oldest first: Need Help w/ Cowden Knowes
Lyr Req: The Broom O' The Cowdenknowes
Tune Req: the broom of the cowden knowes
Lyr Req: Broom o' the Cowden Knowes
Lyr Req: Broom of Cowdenknowes

These threads were found by using the Forum Search, which you can get to by using the pull-down menu on the upper left of any thread page, or the upper right of the main forum page. I put "cowden" in the search box. "Broom o" works, too.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Broom of Cowdencowes
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 10 Jun 02 - 05:51 PM

Silly Wizard did a mean version of this too.

The verse
"Oh the broom, the bonny, bonny broom
The broom of the Cowdenowes
I wish these lords had stayed at home
And milked their minnies(?) yowes

appears in the Jacobite song "Oh my king", to the same tune, which I have on the cassette "Fair Length and Share" recorded by Ron Taylor and Jeff Gillett. (Ron Taylor used to be in the Songwainers and there are wonderful versions of "the Banks of Green Willow", "Willie's Lady" and "Willie drowned in Ero" on the same cassette.)

Kitty

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Broom of Cowdencowes
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Jun 02 - 02:35 PM

There are 17th and 19th century songs of that title on the Bodleian Ballads website.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Broom of Cowdenknowes
From: greg stephens
Date: 10 Jun 02 - 03:30 AM

There its gone again

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Broom of Cowdencowes
From: Noreen
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 09:24 PM

(how did the cows get into the thread title??)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Broom of Cowdencowes
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 07:31 PM

The Blacks learned this Scottish song from the Fishers of Glasgow (Archie, Ray, Cilla etc.) so far as I remember. Lyrics were given on an insert with the original vinyl release (The Black Family, DARA 023,no date).

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Broom of Cowdencowes
From: GUEST,MCP
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 07:21 PM

Mary Black's lyric page has: Broom of The Cowdenknowes

There are (at least) 2 versions in the DT as The Broom of Cowdenowes (no k).

Mick

Subject: Broom of Cowdenknowes
From: Sorcha
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 07:09 PM

Copied from the FAQ thread:

Subject: lyrics for the broom of cowdenknowes
From: rua
Date: 09-Jun-02 - 03:35 PM

Desperatly (sic) seeking lyrics for this song as sung by the Black family