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23 May 05 - 08:44 AM (#1491204) Subject: Lyr Add: ROBIN RATTLE'S BASTARD (Jenny Nettles) From: alexl32 ROBIN RATTLES BASTARD. Saw ye Jenny Nettles, Jenny Nettles, Jenny Nettles, Saw ye Jenny Nettles, Coining frae the market ; Bag and baggage on her back, Her fee and bountith in her lap ; Bag and baggage on her back, And a babie in her oxter ? I met her ayont the kairny, Jenny Nettles, Jenny Nettles Singing till her bonnie bairny, Robia Rattle's bastard; To flee the dool upo' stool, And ilka ane that mocks her, She round about seeks Robin out, To stap it in his oxter. Fy, fy ! Robin Rattle, Robin Rattle Robin Rattle; Fy, fy ! Robin Rattle, Use Jenny Nettle kindly : Score out the blame, and shun the shame. And without mair debate o't. Take hame your wean, make Jenny fane The leel and leesome gate o't. -------------------------------------------------------------- Source: http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/14756/transcript/1 The song may be heard on Ewan MacColl's "Two-Way Trip". |
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23 May 05 - 09:11 AM (#1491223) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Robin Rattle's Bastard (Jenny Nettles) From: alexl32 BTW, can anybody explain me what is "kairny" ("I met her ayont the kairny") and what does this mean: "To flee the dool upo' stool". I'm not that good in Scottish. |
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24 May 05 - 08:17 AM (#1491854) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Robin Rattle's Bastard (Jenny Nettles) From: Charley Noble refresh! |