Subject: Lyr Add: LADS O' THE FAIR (Brian McNeill) From: LaMarca Date: 10 Jun 97 - 04:56 PM Here's "Lads O' the Fair" by Brian McNeill (from memory; may be slightly folk processed as I'm American and have Anglo-Americanized some of the Scots):
Come, bonny lass, lie near me, CHORUS:
Come, Geordie, hold the pony,
Stand here and I'll show ye,
Oh, the work of the weaver's over, |
Subject: MUS ADD: Lads O' The Fair From: John in Brisbane Date: 25 Nov 98 - 07:26 PM Missing tune in DT: Regards
MIDI file: lads_nu.mid Timebase: 120 TimeSig: 4/4 24 8 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: Lads O'The Fair From: GUEST,James H. Date: 04 Jun 00 - 02:22 PM Could someone translate or perhaps explain some of the words and phrases in the Lads O'The Fair? My specifics are ~ what is "claith"? the meaning of "..selling the provost's dochter"? "siller" (silver)? "...kye"? ....for the feein' noo, man;" I would appreciate any help. Thanks. |
Subject: RE: Lads O'The Fair From: Susan of DT Date: 04 Jun 00 - 02:58 PM claith = cloth = clothing dochter = daughter siller = silver = money kye = cows noo = now |
Subject: RE: Lads O'The Fair From: GUEST,Jim Date: 04 Jun 00 - 04:08 PM 'feeing' relates to the practice of taking (agricultural) service with someone for a pre-arranged fee as the singer's brother has done being a 'plooman' ploughman. |
Subject: RE: Lads O'The Fair From: GUEST,James H Date: 04 Jun 00 - 06:33 PM Thanks, Jim and Susan, for your input. It clarifies things considerably. |
Subject: RE: Lads O'The Fair From: GUEST,James H Date: 04 Jun 00 - 06:33 PM Thanks, Jim and Susan, for your input. It clarifies things considerably. |
Subject: Lads O' The Fair From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 31 Aug 04 - 08:29 PM Written by Brian MacNeill... So, my question is... when abouts did he pen this cool song? ttr |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:09 PM He left The Battlefield Band in 1990 so it was before that. He was born in 1950 so it was after that. Battlefield Band began around 1969 so my guess from this bit of deductive extrapolation indicates between 1970 and 1990. If I could only find the damn song book I'd tell you the copyright date. Thomas go to the Millenium Stage web site and do a search on Brian. He does it on a bazouki in the concert they have in archive there. Along with a stack of other great stuff. Don |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Dave Swan Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:20 PM Great song. I first heard it c.1980. D |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Big Tim Date: 01 Sep 04 - 02:06 AM I'd always thought it traditional: the mark of great writing. |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 01 Sep 04 - 04:25 PM It's sure to be... one day... but I'm not gonna wait around for it's inception into 'the hall of fame'... Say... Don... I can't seem to find the performance... bonehead that I am... what am I missing? ttr |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner Date: 01 Sep 04 - 07:19 PM Hi Thomas This can be a hard system to use. http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/millennium/millennium.html? Open the search with 1. Click on Music 2. Then on music styles click on other. 3. On continent click on Europe 4. On country click on Scotland 5. Click on search, # 5 is Brian McNeill and friends. Its great. Don |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 02 Sep 04 - 09:41 AM Wow! That site is fantastic! Thanks for the info, Don. It was wothy of updating my real player, and I did. I still find the site strangely layed out... but it's like being lost in a wonderland... everywhere ya turn, there's a gem! Very Cool. ttr |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Jeri Date: 02 Sep 04 - 11:10 AM For the record, here's Brian McNeill's website (no lyrics, uses frames). Brian also played fiddle on Jed Marum's last CD "Soul of a Wanderer" and will be on Jed's next one, in progress. Must bookmark the site Don gave. Looks like a fun place to play around in. |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Jeri Date: 02 Sep 04 - 11:25 AM Hoping Don finds the damned songbook. The song was first recorded on the Battlefield Band's 'Home is Where the Van is', which came out in 1980. I was in the UK when it came out, and the album seemed to get a lot of air play. |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Wolfgang Date: 02 Sep 04 - 11:37 AM I have that damn songbook, but not here right now. Look here early next week. Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner Date: 02 Sep 04 - 02:12 PM Damn that song book! |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Big Tim Date: 02 Sep 04 - 02:13 PM "Sodgers back frae the German war" - what German War? (The Falkirk Tryst was finished before 1914, around 1900). |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner Date: 02 Sep 04 - 05:49 PM The song book says it was Brian's first song. I assume they differentiate from instrumental melodies. The book was done in 1988 and it mentions the Falkirk Fair is still on today (88) but as a social event and not a cattle sale. Don |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner Date: 02 Sep 04 - 05:49 PM And Brian was born and raised in Falkirk |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Big Tim Date: 03 Sep 04 - 02:50 AM Can't hold a man's birthplace against him! An excellent book on the subject is A.R.B.Haldane's "The Drove Roads of Scotland", widely available. |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: DonMeixner Date: 03 Sep 04 - 08:50 PM I just watched this show again on the Millenium Stage. Anyone have a clue as to how his bazooky, bazooka, bouzouki is tuned? Don |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Susanne (skw) Date: 04 Sep 04 - 08:40 AM In the programm of the 1997 Scottish Folk Festival in germany, Brian mentions that the idea to the song came to him in the middle of making 'Home Is Where The Van Is'. I'd post the lyrics but I've got to hurry just now. Tonight, perhaps, if anyone wants them. |
Subject: Lyr Add: LADS O' THE FAIR (Brian McNeill) From: DonMeixner Date: 04 Sep 04 - 08:59 AM LADS O' THE FAIR by Brian McNeill Come bonnie lass, lie near me, An let the brandy cheer ye For the road frae Fife tae Falkirk's lang An cauld an wet an weary My trade it is the weavin' In the bonnie toun o Leven An we'll drink a health tae the farmers' dames Wha'll buy our claith the morn. You can see them aa, the lads o the fair Lads frae the Forth an the Carron water Workin lads an lads wi gear Lads wha'd sell ye the provost's dochter Sodjers back frae the German wars Peddlers up frae the border An lassies wi an eye for mair than the kye At the trysting fair at Falkirk. Come, Geordie, haud the pony, For the path is steep an stony An its three lang weeks frae the Isle o' Skye An the beasts are thin an bony We'll tak the last o the siller An buy oursels a gill or two An drink to the lads wha'll buy our kye In Falkirk toun the morn Staun hear an I'll show ye There's the toun below ye But we'd best bide here in the barn the nicht For the nightwatch dinna know ye My brother, he's a ploughman An I'm for the feeing now, man An we'll drink tae the price o the hairvest corn In Falkirk toun the morn. The wark o the weaver's over Likewise the days o the drover An the ploughboy sits on a tractor nou Too high to see the clover The warkin's no sae steady, But the lads are aye still ready Tae drink a health tae the working man In Falkirk toun the morn. |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Jeri Date: 04 Sep 04 - 10:31 AM Also in the DT. See DigiTrad links at top of page. I also note it doesn't have a tune? Jeri, (who has recently acquired 2 new opportunities for earrings) |
Subject: RE: Lads O' The Fair From: Nerd Date: 04 Sep 04 - 11:32 PM If Susanne is right, he must have written it in 1979 or 1980. Is that specific enough for your needs, TTR? |
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