15 Oct 00 - 05:57 AM (#319125) Subject: I'll tak ye tae Glenisla From: Tattie Bogle Thought I'd posted this the other day, but can't find my request or any replies! HEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPP! Got it on a Gaberlunzie tape but can't quite make out all the words of first and last verses! Please can anyone help? Tattia Bogle |
15 Oct 00 - 08:34 AM (#319146) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll tak ye tae Glenisla From: Zebedee Tattie, The song is in the DT. You can find it by clicking here Your original request did get several replies - click here Threads disappear off the main page after 24 hours without a reply. You can find older threads by using the 'Filter' box near the top of the main page, and changing the number of days that you want to look at. Zeb |
15 Oct 00 - 03:17 PM (#319347) Subject: Lyr Add: BUSK BUSK BONNIE LASSIE From: wildlone I think it was the Corries that did this one many years ago with a few words different. BUSK BUSK BONNIE LASSIE
Oh do you see yon high hills
Oh, do you see yon shepherd,
Oh do you see yon soldiers
Oh do you see yon high hills |
15 Oct 00 - 04:32 PM (#319373) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll tak ye tae Glenisla From: John Nolan With deference to Belle Stewart, it makes more sense to sing the 'soldiers' verse before the 'shepherds' verse, as, during the Clearances, highlanders were ethnically cleansed at sword and gun point, a little before the arrival of the land-thieves' cash crop, sheep. |
16 Oct 00 - 04:24 PM (#320076) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll tak ye tae Glenisla From: Tattie Bogle Thanks everyone:I've replied on the previous thread, but as I said special thanks to Zebedee (boing!) for all the wisdom! Tattie B |
10 Jul 15 - 04:12 AM (#3722510) Subject: RE: Origins: I'll tak ye tae Glenisla/Busk Busk Bonnie From: Joe Offer Not much on this song in the Traditional Ballad Index: Busk, Busk, Bonnie LassieDESCRIPTION: Singer asks girl to go with him. He points to shepherds and soldiers marching, and the snowy hills, which parted many lovers and will part them. Refrain: "Busk, busk, bonnie lassie, and come alang wi me/I will tak' ye tae Glenisla near bonnie Glenshee"AUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (collected from Charlotte Higgins) KEYWORDS: courting love travel parting FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber)) REFERENCES (1 citation): MacSeegTrav 33, "Busk, Busk, Bonnie Lassie" (1 text, 1 tune) Roud #832 CROSS-REFERENCES: cf. "Oh! No, No" (lyrics) NOTES: No relation to "Lass of Glenshee." - PJS To busk, in this context, is to prepare to travel. - PJS, RBW File: McCST033 Go to the Ballad Search form Go to the Ballad Index Instructions The Ballad Index Copyright 2015 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle. |