05 Apr 99 - 01:09 AM (#68199) Subject: Lyr Add: Laddy, lye near me. From: Bruce O. [From Ritson's 'North-Country Chorister', Durham, 1809]
Laddy lye Near Me.
As I walked over hills, dales and high mountains,
What if I lay thee down, lassy my deary?
If I get thee with bairn, lassy, my deary?
I'll never marry thee, lassy, my dearie.
What will thy parents say, lassy, my dearie?
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05 Apr 99 - 02:00 AM (#68201) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Laddy, lye near me. From: Big Mick Thanks, Bruce, but as I indicated I already had the lyrics as they are in the DT. What I am looking for is the chords or a gif of the music. I have heard the song along the way somewhere but can't remember how it goes. Any chance for the chords? Mick |
05 Apr 99 - 04:50 AM (#68208) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Laddy, lye near me. From: Ferrara There's a Jean Redpath album called, coincidentally enough, "Laddie, Lie Near Me." I don't know if the song on there is the same word for word, but it's close and the tune would be the same. Or e-mail and then call Bill D or me & we'll play it into the phone or something. Worst case, I'll type it into Noteworthy Composer, but that's too much like work if quicker alternatives are available. - Rita F |
05 Apr 99 - 08:47 AM (#68239) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Laddy, lye near me. From: Bruce O. Big Mick, this is a different set of lyrics, and has nothing to do wiith your request. |
05 Apr 99 - 12:28 PM (#68277) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Laddy, lye near me. From: Martin Jonas I can't help with the chords/music either, but there is a very nice recording of a different version of this song (titled "Lassie Lie Near Me") recorded by Dick Gaughan on the rather rare "Folk Friends 2" album. The lyrics are very different from either the one above or the very similar one in the DT, but it's still recognisably the same song structure and presumably the same tune. Dick's version is from Hogg's "Jacobite Relics", Vol. II and it specifically mentions Culloden. The best shot I can make at transcribing the Scots lyrics is (with a fair dose of interpolation):
Long hae we parted been, lassie my dearie,
Frae dread Culloden field, bloody and dreary,
Loud, loud the wind it roared, stormy and eerie,
All that I hae endured, lassie my dearie, |
05 Apr 99 - 01:35 PM (#68283) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Laddy, lye near me. From: Bruce O. Hogg, in his notes to the song above, says he got it from Cromek. It's in R. H. Cromek's 'Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song', which means that the song is probably by Allan Cunningham. |
05 Apr 99 - 01:44 PM (#68285) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Laddy, lye near me. From: Bruce O. Cromek's book was published in 1810, and reprinted in 1880, but Allan Cunningham imposed on Cromek, who lived in London, and little in the book is authentic Scots traditional song. |
05 Apr 99 - 05:34 PM (#68323) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Laddy, lye near me. From: Bruce O. I copied the tune from SMM #218 and made it into a JPEG. Good luck on the chords with those C sharp accidentals. |
06 Apr 99 - 08:55 AM (#68466) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Laddy, lye near me. From: John in Brisbane Mick, these are some suggested chords for the tune in the DT. Good luck! Regards, John.
Laddie, Lie Near Me
Dm / A | Dm / | / / A | Dm / | / Bb7 Gm |
Dm / | / / A | Dm / | / / | Gm / | Dm / A | Dm / | / Bb7 Gm | Dm / | Gm Dm A |
Dm / ||
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