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23 Sep 20 - 09:39 PM (#4072938) Subject: 'The night was dark, the road was long' From: GUEST,Mister Barky Hi, Mudcat folk -- my Scottish wife is looking for a song that she's lost her recording of. It was sung by Kenneth McKellar, and the chorus goes "The night was dark, the road was long, and the owls they went coo-coo" (or at least that's how she remembers it). It was about a farmer and his daughter being stopped by robbers and having everything stolen but their gold, hidden in the daughter's mouth. The punchline is that if his wife had been with them they could've hidden the horse and cart as well because "she'd a mouth like a 12-inch gun"... Not in the database that I can find, and not online either -- any clues? Thanks! |
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24 Sep 20 - 03:48 PM (#4073021) Subject: RE: 'The night was dark, the road was long' From: cnd I didn't see a song that bore a title similar to that after skimming quickly through McKellar's discography, but then again, it's pretty lengthy. Perhaps someone else knows? |
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24 Sep 20 - 04:17 PM (#4073022) Subject: RE: 'The night was dark, the road was long' From: GUEST Many thanks for digging, though! Hoping someone else might be able to provide a clue... The Internet has thus far proven unhelpful. |
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26 Sep 20 - 06:07 PM (#4073249) Subject: RE: 'The night was dark, the road was long' From: Mrrzy ...yet we never could think we were rash or wrong... |
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21 Jun 21 - 01:34 AM (#4110844) Subject: RE: 'The night was dark, the road was long' From: GUEST,Shimzin Hi. Did you ever find this song? I have been looking for it too and it doesn't appear to be on Youtube. It's called Old Ballad and is track 5 on an album called Kenneth Mckellar today released 1989 but available on iTunes amongst other places. It was released on cd because originally I borrowed it from my local library. |
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21 Jun 21 - 05:18 AM (#4110863) Subject: RE: 'The night was dark, the road was long' From: GUEST It's on a CD called McKellar Today. It is called 'An Old Ballad circa 1988' and is also called 'The Farmer's Daughter.' the song was written by McKellar, as was another on the same CD 'A Wee Place in the Highlands' a very funny satire on city people buying weekend places in the country and jacking the prices up for the locals. |
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21 Jun 21 - 11:13 AM (#4110895) Subject: RE: 'The night was dark, the road was long' From: GUEST,# Thanks to GUEST in the 21 Jun 21 - 05:18 AM post, I found the following on the McKellar Today recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xadUVONvCCo&list=OLAK5uy_lvV9hU7SyukjWg_usRukDrfSqAHGz7Y7E&index=4 |