Subject: Lyrics re The Corries From: Angus Date: 19 Sep 98 - 03:12 PM I was after the lyrics tae "The Bricklayers Song"and the "Sunday Driver". Both of these songs were recorded by The Corries. Also, does anyone ken the words tae "Celtic Symphony". This song was recorded by the Wolftones. Cheers. Also see: Corries Version of Leezie Lindsay |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE SUNDAY DRIVER (from the Corries) From: Mo Date: 19 Sep 98 - 03:32 PM Angus, The Sunday Driver goes as follows: THE SUNDAY DRIVER (from the Corries) Well I've been a Sunday driver now for many's a happy year, And I've never had my Morris Minor oot o'second gear, I can drive at fifteen miles an hour on motorway or track, Wi my wife up front beside me and her mother in the back. Chorus: There was me and my daddy and my daddy's mammy, And her sister's granny and four of her chums.... And Auntie Jean. In a crowd of fifty trippers you can always pick me oot, By my "Don't blame me - I voted Tory" sticker on the boot, Wi' my stick-on transfer bullet holes I'm licensed for tae kill. repeat Chorus ....and Auntie Peg. I've a hundred plastic pennants for tae tell you where I've been, And my steering wheel is clad in simulated leapard skin. Upfront, frae the driving mirror hangs a plastic skeleton, And in the back a dog with eyes that flicker off and on. repeat Chorus .....and Auntie May I always drive as though my foot was resting on the brake, And I weave aboot the road just so's ye canny overtake, I can get you so frustrated that you'll finish up in tears, And the sound of blaring motor horns in music tae my ears. repeat Chorus .... and Auntie Liz. Now if you wonder how these weekly trips I can afford, It's because I'm on a stipend from the Scottish Tourist Board. You're supposed to enjoy the scenery, the finest o' its kind, And that is why I have a convoy following behind. repeat Chorus .... and Auntie Rose. There is just no way of escaping me, no matter how you seek, For the simple fact's that I'm a traffic warden through the week. I'm boosting my efficiency and here's my master plan, I'm saving up my pennies for tae buy a caravan repeat Chorus .... and Auntie Gertrude repeat Chorus .... "Ye're goin' too fast!" Words: J Hill Music: Traditional Arranged: The Corries The Corries (Music)Ltd. Phew!! - You'll find this, and sixty other of their songs in the book of music and lyrics The Corries Complete - but as mine is a very old and dilapidated copy I don't know who publishes it! Cheers, Mo |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: meself!!! Date: 19 Sep 98 - 03:34 PM I stumbled across the "Bricklayers Song" by accident. It was calles "Paddys Excuse". So cancel that wee bit of the request ye ken!!! |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Joe Offer Date: 20 Sep 98 - 12:18 AM That "Sunday Driver" song is great, Mo. Any idea what that tune is? -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Mo Date: 20 Sep 98 - 04:34 AM Joe - I have no idea! I know what it sounds like, but I don't know what the tune is!! If its any help its in 6/8 time and the guitar chords used at F, C, B natural (or is that flat?) and C7. About as much use as a chocolate teapot I suspect... |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Connor Date: 20 Sep 98 - 11:41 AM Cheers Mo. I am very grateful fae yer help. It's a fair dinkum bonza song is it not. But then so are all of those by the Corries. By the way, do ye like Steam Jenny? Cheerio P.S Gae North Melbourne(at least on Saturday, it'll be our turn-Carlton-next year!) |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Mo Date: 20 Sep 98 - 04:02 PM Connor - I don't know Steam Jenny - any words, any midi available for this? Come to that - do you like The Portree Kid (click here)? Cheers, Mo. |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Mo Date: 21 Sep 98 - 05:49 PM Sorry Guys, just realised I've missed a line out! In the verse starting "In a crowd of fifty trippers.." the second last line should be : Wi' my bunch o'heather sticking in my radiator grill And my "Stck-on transfer bullet holes" I'm licensed for tae kill. Still no further on with finding out the tune for you in a usable form - if pushed I could probably sing it to you!! Mo |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Connor Date: 22 Sep 98 - 07:24 AM G'day Mo, Well mate I am a fair dinkum big fan of the Portree Kid ye ken. Steam Jenny are a bonza Scottish folk group. I personally do nae have any or ken of any Midis. I will none-the-less ask around. Re words, they sing such songs as Glencoe, The Mingulay Boat Song, The Gypsy Rover etc. In other words, songs that are quite popular and whose lyrics are usually readily available. I will however tak' a wee bit of a Captain and check my twa C.Ds tae make sure that I dinnae have any songs of there's that are less well kent. If ye want I can give ye a list of the songs they sing on the twa C.Ds of theirs that I do have. All the best. Connor |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Mo Date: 22 Sep 98 - 04:06 PM Ahh! Thanks for the info Connor! I'll look out for them! Mo |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Angus Date: 29 Sep 98 - 02:13 AM Do ye like "The Tannahill Weavers" Mo. Another grand Scottish group ye ken. Well worth looking oot fae. |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Alan of Australia Date: 29 Sep 98 - 04:01 AM G'day, Hey Connor ol' mate! Sometimes your accent sounds like mine then it goes north of the border. Not sure how well the rest of the world understands some of your slang (e.g. Captain) but it sounds orright to me. Being impartial as far as the Kangaroos and Crows are concerned I enjoyed the match on Saturday. I've been a Rules fan for a long time, having seen my first VFL match at Kardinia Park in about 1954. I also have some Tannahill Weavers stuff as well as Silly Wizard. Good if you're looking for Scottish stuff.
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Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Wolfgang Hell Date: 29 Sep 98 - 04:35 AM Joe, are you still looking for the tune? I never heard The Sunday Driver but I have the Corries songbook including music scores. My ability to sing from a score sheet is quite restrictecd but what I tentatively sang sounded very familiar to me. It was "The garden where the praties grow" (see DT database). Try it and you'll see that it's a very good fit. Could someone who knows The Sunday Driver please listen to "The Garden where.." and say yes or no. I'll add "The old alarm clock" in an extra thread as another example of a song using this tune. Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Connor Date: 29 Sep 98 - 12:38 PM G'day china, when ye say that my accent sometimes gaes north o' tha border de ye mean NSW!!! Being a Victorian I was very disappointed tae see Adelaide win again. Fair play tae them I suppose. Still VERY disappointed. What did ye think of Carey's goal sport? Do ye have any lyrics fae The Tannahill Weavers? I must admit that I 've nae stuff by Silly Wizard. Do ye ken of a group called The Borderers? A basically Scottish group with an Irish peggy from Belfast. They are based in S.A and are very popular at the Port Fairey Celtic fest. Cheers, Connor. |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Joe Offer Date: 29 Sep 98 - 01:06 PM Hi, Wolfgang - I found a Corries CD over the weekend, so now I've heard the tune. I'm not able to transcribe it by ear, though. The verses sound very close to "The Garden Where the Praties Grow," but not the chorus. Do you mean to tell us you haven't mastered MIDITXT yet and can't post the tune from your songbook? SHAME!!!! ;-) -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Wolfgang Date: 29 Sep 98 - 05:08 PM Connor, The Tannahill Weavers Homepage has a large collection of their lyrics (follow "recordings" on their page). "Land of light" is about the only CD they do not have lyrics for yet.
Joe, Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Alan of Australia Date: 30 Sep 98 - 06:32 AM G'day Connor, Nah, didn't mean NSW I've already moved north of THAT border. It WAS a great goal, thought North might win at that stage but I always enjoy a good turn around. Although I couldn't change my original allegiance even if I wanted to, having moved interstate myself I reckon it's good for the game when interstate teams win (but not ALL the time). There's now huge support here for the Swans. Enough religion for one day.
Cheers, |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Mo Date: 30 Sep 98 - 06:47 PM Guys - I've given "Praties" a listen - yes, that's more or less the tune! Joe - where can I learn this MIDITXT stuff??? Mo |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: alison Date: 30 Sep 98 - 08:45 PM Hi Joe, Can you send me it as Real Audio? I can do it by ear. Slainte alison |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Anne Cormack Date: 01 Oct 98 - 10:05 AM Hi All, Are you Corries fans aware that there is a Corries Web Site run by Gavin Browne, Ron's son (www.corries). He sells all the available Corries tapes and C.D.s - as well as the Corries Song Book. The site lists all of the songs on each recording, so treat yourself!! He's based in my home town - Edinburgh. Currently he is putting together another Song Book. I received my order here in Australia in less than a week. "Here's tae us, wha's like us, gey few and they're a' deid!!!" |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Joe Offer Date: 02 Oct 98 - 01:24 PM Mo, click here to see an example of Professor Alan Foster's MIDITXT, programmed especially for us so we can post MIDI files here (there's a link there for downloading the program). You have to read his instructions carefully and forgive him for using confusing terms like quavers and crotchets, but the program is really quite easy to install and use if you have a basic knowledge of computer functions. MIDITXT makes a text version of the tune in both MIDI and ABC format, set up in a format that can be posted here. If you set the thread filter to ABC or MIDI and go back 365 days, you should find previous threads that discuss these methods of posting tunes. Sure would be nice if we could get EVERYBODY to learn how to post tunes. Ahem.... Of course, in order to post a MIDI tune, you first have to make a MIDI file. I use Noteworthy Composer, which you can download from this site (click here). Alison, one RealAudio of "Sunday Driver" coming right up. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Connor Date: 03 Oct 98 - 07:01 AM G'day sport. Well I dinnae mind interstate teams winning the grand final either...as long as they are from Victoria AND are not Collingwood, Richmond or Essendon AND are infact CARLTON. |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Gazza Date: 03 Oct 98 - 07:34 AM very interesting |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Bear Date: 04 Oct 98 - 12:22 AM Go Blues |
Subject: Tune Add: THE SUNDAY DRIVER From: Joe Offer Date: 04 Oct 98 - 03:47 AM Alison can't get on Mudcat, but she made this MIDI for us from the RealAudio recording I sent her. She thinks the tune to "Sunday Driver" may be "High Germany." -Joe Offer- MIDI file: SUNDRIV.MID Timebase: 480 Name: The Sunday Driver This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Cathy Date: 04 Oct 98 - 07:52 PM Any more songs by the Corries? |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Jenny Date: 08 Oct 98 - 10:58 PM Are the Corries still going? |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: skw@ Date: 12 Oct 98 - 03:20 AM Jenny - sadly, no. Roy Williamson died a few years ago, but Ronnie Browne is carrying on solo. His son has a website you should visit if you're interested in their work: (Sorry I haven't mastered 'linking' yet. With all my double-posting, I'd better not try anything fancy ...) - Susanne |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Joe Offer Date: 12 Oct 98 - 03:28 PM Hi, Susanne - I got excited when I saw "Corries Lyrics" as one of the menu choices on the Corries Website. Well, they have the lyrics for just one song. They say the lyrics section is new, so maybe more lyrics will come later. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Wolfgang Date: 13 Oct 98 - 07:08 AM Joe, they sell a songbook (with lyrics) and they are preparing a second one. Whoever does that is not going to provide a lot of lyrics online. Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Jenny Date: 15 Oct 98 - 10:13 PM Tis sad to hear that Roy is no longer with us. |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: skw@ Date: 16 Oct 98 - 03:20 AM Yes, for lyrics the Corries site is a disappointment. But Gavin Browne has helped me with lyrics I wasn't too sure about, so maybe if you ask him ... Is there any specific song you are looking for, Joe? I've got quite a few by now. Just let me know, and I'll let you know. Jenny, Roy's daughter has written a book on her father. I skimmed through it and thought it a touch too idolising for my taste, but if you're keen you might ask Gavin Browne about it. I can't remember the publisher. The Corries certainly were a great band, and the first ones to direct me to Scottish music. I never cared much for their self-penned songs, particularly the comic ones like 'Sunday Driver', and I only saw them live once and thought the performance a bit too slick, but I still like the albums. Nowadays I usually listen to other stuff, but every now and again ... Susanne |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Jenny Date: 19 Oct 98 - 01:40 AM I am very big into the Corries at the moment and would have loved to have seen them live. The strong goat on many of their Jacobite songs is sensational! |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Angus Date: 23 Oct 98 - 12:21 PM ditto jenny |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Wolfgang Date: 23 Oct 98 - 12:58 PM The Corries, that's a fond memory to the strangest folk concert I've ever been at. It was on the isle of Islay and we were an audience of about 800 people waiting in the concert hall. Then the power went off (it went off for all of the island until next morning) just when they were about to start. We sat in complete darkness. Then the first candles were lit. Then a local farmer was shouted for who was supposed to have a generator. He was there and he went off to fetch it. We didn't know at that time that it would take about one hour before the generator power would be on. Then the Corries came in front of the stage and started singing the better known songs a capella in the dark. The audience joined them and we had a some hundred voices a capella concert for more than half an hour. When the power went on again it was not enough for both amplification and lights, so having the choice to see them or to hear them, we opted for listening. And when the news came that under these special circumstances the last ferry to the isle of Jura would be an exceptionally late ferry allowing the people from over there to stay until the end of the concert we gave them and the Corries a big cheer. I've heard better music in other concerts (from my point of view), but I'll never forget that concert and that patient audience (neither will I ever forget the way home in complete darkness to a bed & breakfast where I just had arrived that afternoon). Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Andre Date: 28 Oct 98 - 10:38 PM I have a video of a Corries performance, A BBC tv series I think. Video titled "Flower of Scotland- A Vision of the Corries." Good Stuff. A number 99896 is associated with the video and the tape label has "BFS Video, A Division of BFS Limited, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. I think I bought mine at the Seattle Highland Games. Cheers. |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: DonMeixner Date: 11 Nov 98 - 08:13 PM I have been a Corries fan since 1963 when Electra Records put out a Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell record here in the states I can't think of a better group to be introduced to Scottish folk music with than that bunch of singers. I buy any Corries record or CD I find and I own both of the Videos available and find them to be both great. Roy and Ronnie had and have remarkable voices. Roy's was deceptively so. I own copies of both of their song books, one published in about 1971 and another, more recent book of about 40 tunes. Gavin Browne is selling a CD of the Corries with Bill Smith but without Paddie Bell that I find most delightful. Gavins site is easy to find, just search "Corries." |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: GUEST,Ian B. Richardson @ IRichardson14@Compuserve Date: 07 Feb 00 - 12:35 PM My colleagues Harvey Smith and Graham Duncan and myself were collectively known as "BROCADE" and we were signed to the PAN-Audio Dara label by Roy Williamson. We recorded the songs "Johnny the Milk-Round Boy" and "My DEAR and Only Love", the lyrics of which were written by James Graham, Marquis of Montrose. I wrote the tune as performed by Brocade and later, by the Corries. My friends and I had idolised the Corries since childhood and to be signed to their record company was, to us, a great honour. We always found Roy and Ronnie to be the same off-stage as on. They were gentlemen and inveterate artists. Roy's guitar playing was under-rated, listen to some of his solo stuff. He was a great baroque player. I disagreed with the lyrics of Roy's Song, "Flower of Scotland", and told him so, and he agreed that the words might inspire hatred of the English. He saw the point of my lyrics in "Scotland will Flourish" and I believe, in some part agreed with them. In conclusion,The Corries are sadly missed but they must be included in any list of the greatest exponents of Scottish Folk Music. Ian Blacklaw Richardson.(Watch out for "The Ballad o'Sawney Bean" and "the Cruel Death o'Seigneur Davie",. a ballad of the murder of Riccio, which I shall be publishing on net soon) |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: Bradypus Date: 07 Feb 00 - 06:37 PM 'The Ballad o Sawney Bean' - please tell me more - I've often passed his cave, but never yet ventured in. Bradypus |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: TamthebamfraeScotland Date: 09 Oct 00 - 04:14 PM The tune to the Sunday driver is a song called The soor mulk cairt |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: TamthebamfraeScotland Date: 09 Oct 00 - 04:39 PM I'm a great fan of The Corries, and I have most of their albums and Singles as well as their song books. I got really intersted in them when I was twelve, my sister took me to see them in a small town called Largs which is on the west coast of Scotland, since then I must of seen many times. I live in a town called Saltcoats, which is quite close to Largs. I have their albums from 1965 to 1990 their last one that they made together. I even have their second one they made as The corrie folk trio and Paddie Bell. And to the person who talked about the Aussie Rules football teams, I just like to say I hope the Eagles and the Dockers really get it up you. And win the grand final.
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Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: TamthebamfraeScotland Date: 18 Nov 00 - 07:03 AM I like the Corries, I used to go and see them every year at Irvine, at a place called Magnum, the only time I didn't see them was when I heard that some person had broken into their van and took some stuff. That was the only time I never saw them. I think that The Corries are underatred, and this thing about the words to Flower of Scotland being horrible and dpressive is totally wrong. If people really listened to the song, and then they find out that is all about getting together as a nation as one and joining together for Scottish freedom.
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Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: kendall Date: 18 Nov 00 - 08:59 AM Right on man..I have about 5 miles of Corries audio and video. On my last night in Scotland I did a gig at the Black Bitch in Linlithgow, and I ened my performance with a tribute to Roy by singing Flower of Scotland. There was not one dry eye in the house. |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: GUEST,Iain Stewart Date: 14 Nov 01 - 06:52 PM "Flower of Scotland" is without a doubt the best song to come out of Scotland in two hundred years, and thats saying something! I would, however, kill (an Englishman!) for the words to the "Sherramuir Fecht", so I can finally get them right. Can anyone help? Cheers! Iain Stewart Here's tae us, whas like us! |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 15 Nov 01 - 03:55 AM There's another thread on the Corries and, I think, a link in the Mudcat links to the CORRIES website run by Ronnies' son, Gavin (?www.corrie.web). They are publishing some songbooks and Gavin is very helpful with e-mail enquiries.Sorry, no time to check. RtS |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: GUEST,Knave Ruprecht Date: 08 Dec 01 - 11:59 AM Lyrics to "Sherramuir Fight" http://www.electricscotland.com/burns/smuir.html enjoy! |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE SHERRAMUIR FIGHT (Trad / Robert Burns From: Susanne (skw) Date: 08 Dec 01 - 06:16 PM Thanks, Nikolaus! In case the link gets lost: THE SHERRAMUIR FIGHT (Trad / Robert Burns) O cam' ye here the fight tae shun, or herd the sheep wi' me, man Or were ye at the Sherra-moor, or did the battle see, man I saw the battle sair and teuch, and reekin' red ran many a sheugh My heart for fear gae'd sough for sough Tae hear the thuds and see the cluds o' Clans frae woods in tartan duds Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three man The red-coat lads wi' black cockauds to meet them werenae slow, man They rush'd and push'd and blood outgush'd, and many a bouk did fa', man The great Argyle led on his files, I wat they glanc'd for twenty miles They hough'd the Clans like nine-pin kyles They hack'd and hash'd while braid swords clash'd and thro' they dash'd and hew'd and smash'd Till fey men died awa', man Had ye seen the philibegs wi' skyrin tartan trews, man When in the teeth they dar'd our Whigs and covenant Trueblues, man Lines extended lang and large, bayonets o'erpower'd the targe Thousands hasten'd to the charge Wi' Highland wrath they frae the sheath drew blades o' death till out o' breath They fled like frighted dows, man They've lost some gallant gentlemen amang the Hieland clans, man I fear my Lord Panmuir is slain or in his en'mies' hands, man Now wad ye sing this double flight, some cried for wrang and some for right And many bade the warld gudenight Sae pell, sae mell, wi' muskets knell, Tories fell and Whigs to hell Flew off in frighted bands, man As far as I know these lyrics are Robert Burns' reworking of the song as published in vol 3 of The Scots Musical Museum. Iain Stewart - 'A Man's A Man' was just outside your time limit, but what about Hamish Henderson's 'Freedom Come-All-Ye'? Compared to those (and a lot of others I can think of), 'Flower of Scotland' seems to me fairly - let's say uncomplicated! You're entitled to your opinion, of course, but why put it in such absolute language? |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: GUEST Date: 22 Dec 01 - 09:13 AM on the bozem of young abigail was written the price of her tail and upon her behind for the use of the blind was the same information in braille |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: GUEST,AmericanScotsLass Date: 22 Dec 01 - 09:31 AM Dia duit, all. I was wondering if anyone knows of a website that has Corries lyrics. I already know the official site but it's only got the one. I've been looking all over the place and can't find a single one that actually has the songs done the way they recorded them. If anyone can help it'd be real nice. Slan. |
Subject: RE: Lyrics re The Corries From: GUEST,ermintrudeclaire Date: 22 Dec 01 - 12:45 PM i loved the corries having been to see them every year since i was very small, they seemed really nice, genuine folksingers. i have two videos of them and also most of the albumns on vinyl or CD, also the songbook but have not seen the biography of roy - must try to track that down. i enjoyed every concert i went to - even one at 8 1/2 months pregnant where the baby decided to kick in time. |
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