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18 Feb 10 - 03:36 AM (#2842704) Subject: Lyr Req: Keith Festival Song From: GUEST,robinia Typing up a mess of notes, I see that I never figured out all the words to this Keith festival song--especially the crucial opening words of the chorus. It goes as follows: Noo we've a' come here together for a friendly gather-round, We've music of a mixture that'll shock you to the foun (??) In a grand old Scotch tradition, be ye auld or cutting teeth, We extend a warm welcome tae the festival of Keith. Hadda gyang (?) lads and lassies, hadda gyang (?) Hae ??? wi' the music if ye can, Be it whistle, box or fiddle, bothy ballad or a diddle, hadda gyang, lads and lassies, hadda gyang. Noo there's something here for all of ye that's musically inclined with twas and threes and soloists, and whiles the lot combined. They come from a' the hairts (?) and pairts, frae A (placename?? and Beith ?) It's a grand weekend of music at the festival of Keith. Hadda........ Noo there's nae discrimination, be ye up or be ye doon, be ye business man or scaffer, be a clerk or be a loon, We dinna care a duchy (?), just so lang's ye can bequeath (?) Success is never ending at the festival of Keith. Hadda .... Well, noo if your blood be sluggish an' your circulation poor, gin anything be wrong wi' you, we have a ready cure, In this friendly little toonie, midst the heather hills and heath we've a cure for a' your ailments at the festival of Keith. Hadda..... |
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19 Feb 10 - 09:24 AM (#2844117) Subject: Lyr Add: FESTIVAL O KEITH From: GUEST,AT Hope this helps The Festival O Keith Noo we've a' come here thegither for a friendly gather-round, We hiv music o a mixture that'll shak ye t' the foun In the gran aul Scotch tradition, be ye aul or cutting teeth, We extend a warm welcome t' the festival at Keith. Hud er gyan,lads and lassies, hud er gyan, hud er gyan Mak the hills ring wi the music if ye can, Be it fussle, box or fiddle, bothy ballad or a diddle, hud er gyan, lads and lassies, hud er gyan. Noo there's something here for a'body that's musically inclined there's twa's and three's and soloists, and whiles the lot combined. They come fae a' the airts and pairts, frae A Etrick t' Dunbeith It's a grand weekeyne o music at the festival O Keith. Hud er gyan........ Noo there's nae discrimination, be ye up or be ye doon, be ye business man or scaffie, be ye clerk or orraoon, We dinna care a docken, jist as lang's ye can bequeath Success is never ending at the festival o Keith. Hud er gyan .... So if yer bleed be sluggish or yer circulation poor, Or fittiver else is wrang wi ye, we hae a ready cure, In this freenly little toonie, midst the heather hills and heath Ther's a cure for a' your ailments at the festival o Keith. Hud er Gyan..... |
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19 Feb 10 - 05:41 PM (#2844531) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keith Festival Song? / Festival O Kei From: robinia Yes, it does help, though I'd still like to dig a bit more into this "hud er gyan" phrase. The precise words, that is; they're obviously very colloquial. Any experts on the Doric here? I know there're mudcatters up in Scotland. |
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19 Feb 10 - 07:38 PM (#2844626) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keith Festival Song? / Festival O Keith From: BobKnight Hud her gan - just means keep it going. But it doesnt translate literally. Hud, means hold, 'er is her, and gyan means going. Lots of Scots phrases don't translate too well into English. Bye the way, I'm in Aberdeen - so right in the heart of "Doric," country. |
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19 Feb 10 - 10:38 PM (#2844738) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keith Festival Song? / Festival O Kei From: robinia Thanks, Bob! The words do translate literally in a way, and I should have recognized them all. Especially, as a ballad buff, the one that was really throwing me. "Haud awa' frae me, Willie, haud awa' frae me," Eppie Morrie keeps telling her abductor in a scene I once discussed at some length. Hold away, keep away, keep going . . . the word makes perfect sense once I recognize it . . . but how wedded we are (I am) to spelling, how hard to "hear" a word I cannot also envision. Am I alone in this? |
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19 Feb 10 - 11:30 PM (#2844759) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keith Festival Song? / Festival O Keith From: Effsee Hi Bob K, I wouldn't say that Aberdeen was quite the heart of Doric country! The accent changes so much from Aiberdeen through the Blue Toon,..The Broch...Huntly...och michty min...sic a confussion! |
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20 Feb 10 - 05:12 AM (#2844833) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keith Festival Song? / Festival O Keith From: BobKnight WEll... it's where I live - so it's richt in the hairt of doric country tae me. I'm so self-centred!!! :) |
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11 May 10 - 05:52 AM (#2904347) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keith Festival Song? / Festival O Keith From: GUEST,Dave t aye fae sumbidy thats moved fae peterheed to turra to strichen a think av got the fair words o doric drummed inti ma! a could sing the barnyard o belgaty and understand the words by the time a wis 6. nae bad gan your a young een! |
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11 May 10 - 05:59 AM (#2904349) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keith Festival Song? / Festival O Keith From: Leadfingers Its ALL Foreign !!! |
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11 May 10 - 09:51 AM (#2904442) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keith Festival Song? / Festival O Keith From: Gutcher leadfingers--of course it is. Scots is a language in its own right with a grammer of its own. The Northeast "spik" is a dialect of Scots with very very few words that are unique to that area & are not understood by speakers of Scots. |