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05 Aug 04 - 07:44 AM (#1240645) Subject: Lyr Req: Glascow Peggy From: Bearheart any one have the lyrics for this as sung by Andy Stewart with Silly Wizard? Thanks Bekki |
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05 Aug 04 - 10:54 AM (#1240676) Subject: Lyr Add: GLASGOW PEGGIE (from Ewan MacColl) From: Roberto Here is the song as sung by Ewan MacColl. On Saturday I'll try to listen to Andy M. Stewart's. Roberto GLASGOW PEGGIE Ewan MacColl, on The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads), sung by Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd, Volume 3, Washington 717 Hielan' lads are young and braw Hielan' lads are young and merry And I'll awa' tae Glesca toon To steal awa' my bonnie Peggy Her faither he's got word o' this And, O, but he was wondrous angry – Ye may tak' my owsen and a' my kye But leave to me my bonnie Peggy Ye can keep your owsen and a' your kye For I ha'e cows and ewes already I'll no' tak' your owsen and a' your kye But I'll steal awa' your bonnie Peggie He's mounted on his milk white steed And she is on his wee grey naigie And they hae rid tae the brake o' day And he has ta'en awa' the bonnie lassie They rid ower hills and they rid ower dales They rid through moors and mosses mony Until they met wi' the Earl o' Hume A-ridin' wi' his young son Johnnie Then oot and spak' the Earl o' Hume And, O, but he was wondrous sorry - The bonniest lass in Glesca toon And she's awa' wi' a hielan' laddie They rode on through moss and moors Through bog and up through mountains mony Until they cam' to yonder glen And she's lain doon wi' her hielan' laddie Her bed was o' the gweed green grass Their blankets o' the brackens bonnie Wi' her tartan plaid beneath her heid And she's lain doon wi' her hielan' laddie There are blankets and sheets in my faither's hoose Sheets and blankets a' made ready And wouldna he be angry at me For lyin' doon wi' a highland laddie! He's ta'en her up yon high, high hill When that the sun was shinin' clearly Says – A' that ye see belongs to thee For lying doon wi' a hielan' laddie A' that ye ha'e left behind Was a wee cot-hoose and a wee kail-yairdie But noo you're the lady o' a' my lands For lyin' doon wi' a highlan' laddie |
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05 Aug 04 - 01:05 PM (#1240701) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Glascow Peggy From: Q (Frank Staplin) The version posted above differs somewhat from the MacColl-Peggy Seegar version in the DT (song ID 2278) http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=2278 |
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05 Aug 04 - 01:30 PM (#1240714) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Glascow Peggy From: Malcolm Douglas There are two texts in the DT: GLASGOW PEGGY (Hieland Lads) Taken from the condensed Bronson, with a note to the effect that it has been "recorded by MacColl and Peggy Seeger": these references don't always mean that the particular version quoted is the one recorded, though sometimes they do, and tend therefore to confuse people. The original source is not acknowledged. Details are: Greig MSS., I, p. 33; text, Nk. 726, XVI, p. 26. Sung by J. W. Spence, Rosecroft, Fyvie, July 1905. The song appears in Bronson, Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, vol III pp 371-2; and in The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, vol 4 pp 307-315 (version a). GLASGOW PEGGY (2) No source acknowledged. It appears to be a cut-down form of Child's example 228A (Child, IV, 271: originally C K Sharpe, Ballad Book, 1823, no XV p 40). No tune is extant for that version, so the source of the midi provided is also a puzzle. It appears to be pretty much the usual tune, though. MacColl got his set from his father, William Miller. The transcription Roberto provides above (made by Kenneth Goldstein?) appears in Bronson III 371. "gweed" in verse 8 is as transcribed, but is presumably MacColl's way of singing "good"; though, when MacColl published the song himself (Singing Island, 1960, 23) he rendered it as "gay". None of this answers Bearheart's question, of course. Did the band say where they got the song? That might help. It appeared on Caledonia's Hardy Sons (originally released 1978) and on a "Best of" compilation. |
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05 Aug 04 - 07:24 PM (#1240931) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Glascow Peggy From: Bearheart I had heard MacColl's version on an album quite a few years ago; it's not the same words, but similar. It is the version on Caledonia's Hardy Sons, though. I did run it through the DT and it didn't come up. Will check the second blue clicky. Thank you. Bekki |