22 Jan 04 - 04:35 PM (#1099006) Subject: Lord Yester From: GUEST,croc Does anyone have the lyrics for the Williamson / Weir song, Lord Yester please? |
22 Jan 04 - 04:42 PM (#1099018) Subject: RE: Lord Yester From: Herga Kitty It's not "the Williamson /Weir song", it's trad, Lord Yester was a real person, and Carolyn Robson sings it too. Malcolm Douglas probably knows the sources. Kitty |
22 Jan 04 - 05:49 PM (#1099097) Subject: RE: Lord Yester From: Malcolm Douglas I don't think it is traditional, you know; Roy Williamson set several of George Weir's poems. I don't know anything about the man, though. Susanne posted the lyric here a year ago: Lord Yester. I found it by asking the search engine for lord yester. Thread #20328 Message #859422 Posted By: Susanne (skw) 05-Jan-03 - 06:22 PM Thread Name: Corries Scots Songs - Would You Like One Subject: Lyr Add: LORD YESTER (George Weir, Roy Williamson)
LORD YESTER |
22 Jan 04 - 06:52 PM (#1099162) Subject: RE: Lord Yester From: Susanne (skw) I have a Corries recording of it, and they credit it to George Weir / Roy Williamson. Other than that, the only info I have so far is that Yester is a manse in the village of Gifford, near Edinburgh. Kitty, can you tell us more about the noble lord? |
23 Jan 04 - 02:28 AM (#1099385) Subject: RE: Lord Yester From: Herga Kitty Malcolm - I stand (well, sit actually) corrected! Suzanne I just searched on Google. John Hay, 1st Lord Yester was apparently an ancester of both Winston Churchill and Prince William. He died in 1508. Kitty |
23 Jan 04 - 03:49 PM (#1099915) Subject: RE: Lord Yester From: Eugene Judge Info on Lord Yester here: http://www.maybole.org/history/castles/yester.htm Eugene |
23 Jan 04 - 05:34 PM (#1099963) Subject: RE: Lord Yester From: weepiper Thanks Eugene, that link was fascinating to me - I went to Yester Primary School in Gifford and have been in the Goblin Ha' many times. |
23 Jan 04 - 05:48 PM (#1099979) Subject: RE: Lord Yester From: Malcolm Douglas The poor chaps seem to have got themselves pretty heavily embroiled in Douglas power-games over the years, don't they? Does anyone know anything about George Weir, incidentally? Ewan McVicar might be the man for that... |
23 Jan 04 - 08:51 PM (#1100058) Subject: RE: Lord Yester From: Eugene Judge Weepiper Thanks for the thanks. Eugene |
24 Jan 04 - 01:15 PM (#1100439) Subject: RE: Lord Yester From: GUEST,croc Thanks all,especialy you Eugene, I think you have solved it. I have the Carolyn Robson Cd with some indecipherable words in the first verse. Your link to history tells me it is probably Branxton Brae. Croc |
11 Sep 13 - 03:56 PM (#3558165) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Yester From: GUEST,Another malcolm Thought he died at Flodden 9th September 1513 |