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Subject: Lyr Req: My Laddie's beside From: GUEST Date: 26 Sep 03 - 01:19 PM Hey All, I'm looking for the lyrics to the above titled piece (at least, that is how it is titled on the recording I have, Traditional Songs of Scotland by Ray Fisher). Some of the lyrics I can understand: I am awa tae my Laddies Bedside I've gang awa to be my laddies guide(?) I am awa tae my laddies bedside, Though it's hither and thither something something Another verse: Oh if you were in gest, my laddie, I was in nane, So lang lang my bonnie laddie lay lie yer lane, Lang lang my bonnie laddie lay lie yer lane Something something something Ring any bells fer oniebodie? BeauDangles |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Laddie's beside From: GUEST,MMario Date: 26 Sep 03 - 01:37 PM can't find any lyrics online - but a clip is available in realaudio at: Footsompin.com |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Laddie's beside From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 26 Sep 03 - 01:55 PM You should always quote any information given about a song in sleeve notes when asking about it; it helps people to help you. This set came from Duncan Williamson; I'll post it a little later. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Laddie's beside From: GUEST Date: 26 Sep 03 - 02:01 PM Thanks Malcolm...would have done so if I had had the recording with me, but alas the sleeve notes are...awa frae me. BeauD |
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Subject: Lyr Add: MY LADDIE'S BEDSIDE From: masato sakurai Date: 26 Sep 03 - 02:12 PM From notes to Ray Fisher's Traditional Songs of Scotland (Saydisc CD-SDL 391). MY LADDIE'S BEDSIDE O it's I am awa' tae my laddie's bedside I am awa' for tae be my laddie's guide I am awa' tae my laddie's bedside, Though his faither and mither be angry O, at my bedisde, my lassie, ye'll no sit At my bedisde, my lassie, ye'll no sit For I hae choos'd a guide, and a far better fit, So begone, lassie, wha' cares for ye? Well ye might have courted one, my love, ye might have courted seven. Ye might have courted eight, nine, ten and eleven. Ye can go and court anither, that'll mak' up the dozen, But be kind tae yer auld love for a' that. O come back, my bonnie lassie, dinna gang awa' (x 3) I was only in a jest for tae try ye. Well if you were in jest, my laddie, I wis in nane. So lang, lang, my bonnie laddie, may ye lie yer lane O lang, lang, my bonnie laddie, may ye lie yer lane And think upon the bonnie lass that lo'ed ye. For the trees they are high, my love, the leaves they are green. The years are passing by, my love, that you and I hae seen. Thru' the lang winters' nicht when ye have tae lie your lane, Ach! ye'll weary lang before I'll come and see ye. |
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Subject: Lyr & Tune Add: My Laddie's Bedside From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 26 Sep 03 - 03:19 PM Good grief. In the liner notes all along, eh. Well, it will do no harm to add the song as sung by the man from whom Ray learned it. MY LADDIE'S BEDSIDE or THE TREES THEY ARE HIGH (Duncan Williamson, Lochgilphead, 1976. Recorded by Linda Williamson.) Oh it's I am awa' tae ma laddie's bedside, I am awa' tae be ma laddie's guide; I am awa' tae ma laddie's bedside Though his faither and mither be angry. Oh at my bedside ma lassie you'll no sit, At my bedside ma lassie you'll no sit, For I hae choosed a guide an' a far better fit, Be awa' lassie, wha cares for ye? Oh ye might have coorted one my love, ye might have coorted seven, You might have coorted eight, nine, ten or eleven; You could coort another one for tae mak' up the dozen, But be kind tae yer ain lass for a' that. Oh come back ma bonny lassie, dinnae gang awa', Oh come back ma bonny lassie, dinnae gang awa', Oh come back ma bonny lassie, dinnae gang awa' I was only in the jest for tae try ye-O. Oh if you were in the jest ma laddie, I was in nane, Oh lang bonny laddie may ye lie yer lane, Oh lang bonny laddie may ye lie yer lane And you'll weary lang before I come tae see ye again. Oh the trees they are high ma love, the leaves they are green, The years are passing by ma love that you and I have seen; But the lang winter's nicht when ye have tae lie yer lane An' you'll weary lang before I come tae see ye again. From Ailie Munro, The Folk Music Revival in Scotland, Norwood Editions, 1985, 110-111. Note that this set is not in the public domain. Duncan Williamson is a Traveller, married to an American folklorist. He first heard this song from his father's sister, at Tarbert, Argyll, about 1942. Ailie Munro adds: "He often sings the last verse three times: as the opening verse, then again after verse 3 (at this point it will often end, 'Be awa' laddie, wha cares for ye?'), and once more at the close. In verse 2, line 3, 'a far better fit' means 'more suitable'. 'He had chosen someone he thought was far superior to his own girl-friend in his mind,' says Duncan. 'But in case he was making a mistake and choosing the wrong one, he told his girl-friend it was only a joke - to keep her from falling out with him. So if he made a mistake he had always his own girl to fall back on'. A revised and expanded edition of Ailie Munro's book is available as The Democratic Muse: Folk Music Revival in Scotland (Scottish Cultural Press, 1996). Here is the tune (second verse): X:1 T:My Laddie's Bedside S:Duncan Williamson, Lochgilphead, 1976. Z:Recorded by Linda Williamson. B:Ailie Munro, The Folk Music Revival in Scotland, Norwood Editions, 1985, 110-111. N:Tune and words for verse 2. N:Tempo indication is approximate. L:1/8 Q:1/4=75 M:4/4 K:F G3/2A/|B2 A2{G} G3/2G/ F/D3/2|G2 G2 G z z f| w:Oh at my bed-side ma las-sie you'll no sit, At f2 g2 d3/2d/ {d}f3/2d/|(c3/2A/) (Bc) d z z/ f/|f3/2f/ g3/2g/ d2 c/B3/2| w:my bed-side ma las-sie you'll_ no_ sit, For I hae choosed a guide an' a (cd) d3/2F/ F z F3/2F/|G2 B/c3/2 (d/c3/2) (B/A3/2)|G4 G2|] w:far_ bet-ter fit, Be a-wa' las-sie, wha_ cares_ for ye? The song is number 5530 in the Roud Folk Song Index. Other versions are in John Ord, Bothy Songs and Ballads (1930, reprinted John Donald, Edinburgh 1995, p.179); Christie's Traditional Ballad Airs (1881, II, 230-231); Shuldham-Shaw and Lyle, The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection (vol.6 148-150), MacColl and Seeger, Till Doomsday in the Afternoon (1986 233) and Sheila Douglas, Come Gie's a Sang (1995, 40-41). This last is from Heather Heywood, who recorded it on her LP (now CD) Some Kind of Love (Greentrax Records); she learned it from Alison Potts. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Laddie's beside From: GUEST Date: 26 Sep 03 - 05:02 PM Malcolm & Masato, You guys RULE! Thanks so much...far more than I anticipated getting....esp. in lieu of my now apparent typo...My Laddies BESIDE...in my initial request. lol Masato, it is interesting to me that your source was the very recording that I have...but your liner notes were FAR more estensive than mine were. Mine is a cassette tape and those are notorious for having scarece liner notes...however mine does have notes...stories behind the songs and such as well as extensive translations of the broad scots dialect, but it doesn't include the full lyrics of any of the pieces. Thanks again guys. Cheers! BeauD |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Laddie's beside From: GUEST Date: 26 Sep 03 - 05:08 PM An anither thing...what is meant in the first and second verses by being her love's "guide." I THOUGHT that was what I was hearing, but it didn't make much sense (unless he was not very experienced and she was...hmmm). I kept wanting it to be "bride." which makes more sense in some ways, but a good bit less when youconsider that might not anger his parents. Any thoughts? BeauD Have a great weekend |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Laddie's beside From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 26 Sep 03 - 05:44 PM It was a term applied to someone you were "walking out" with. Occurs in Bogie's Bonny Belle, you may remember. |
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