dmcg
| Posted - 15 Dec 05 - 10:03 pm
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The Piper cam' to oor toun,
To oor toun, to oor toun,
The Piper cam' to oor toun.
And he played bonnielie.
He played a spring the Laird to please,
A spring bent new frae yont the seas;
And then he gi'ed his bags a squeeze,
And played anither key.
(Chorus)
And wasna he a rogie, a rogie, a rogie
And wasna he a rogie, The Piper o' Dundee.
He played "The Welcome Owre The Main",
And "Ye'se Be FOn And I'se Be Fain",
And "Auld Stuart's Back Again",
Wi' muckle mirth and glee.
He played "The Kirk", he played "The Quier",
"The Mullin Dhu" and "Chevalier",
And "Lang awa' but welcome here,
Sae sweet, sae bonnielie.
It's some gat swords and some gat nane,
And some were dancin' mad their lane,
And mony a vow o'weir was ta'en,
That night at Amulrie.
Source: Singing Together, Spring 1981, BBC Publications
Notes:
Transcription Note: There is a closing quotation mark missing in verse 3, which I believe should be after the 'here'; I have copied the lyrics as given.
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Malcolm Douglas
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Posted - 16 Dec 05 - 07:20 am
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It appears that the song was printed in Hogg's Jacobite Relics, and the words have been attributed (I don't know on what authority) to Hogg himself.
It appears in the usual collections of Scottish popular (as opposed to traditional) song, usually with an additional, final verse:
There was Tullibardine and Burleigh,
And Struan, Keith, and Ogilvie,
And brave Carnegie, wha but he,
The piper o' Dundee?
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masato sakurai
| Posted - 17 Dec 05 - 08:54 am
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Copied from James Hogg,The Jacobite Relics of Scotland, 2nd series (Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, Prince's Street; and T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, London, 1821), p. 43. SONG XIX.
The Piper o' Dundee.
The piper came to our town,
To our town, to our town,
The piper came to our town,
And he play'd bonnielie.
He play'd a spring, the laird to please,
A spring brent new frae 'yont the seas;
And then he ga'e his bags a wheeze,
And play'd anither key.
And wasna he a rougey,
A rougey, a rougey?
And wasna he a rougey,
The piper o' Dundee?
He play'd "The Welcome owre the Main,"
And "Ye'se be fou and I'se be fain,"
And "Auld Stuarts back again,"
Wi' muckle mirth and glee.
And wasna, &c.
He'd play'd "The Kirk," he play'd "The Queer,"
"The Mullin Dhu," and "Chevalier,"
And "Lang away, but welcome here,"
Sae sweet, sae bonnilie.
And wasna, &c.
It's some gat swords, and some gat nane,
And some were dancing mad their lane,
And mony a vow o' weir was ta'en
That night at Amulrie.
And wasna, &c.
There was Tullibardine, and Burleigh,
And Struan, Keith, and Ogilvie,
And brave Carnegie, wha but he,
The piper o' Dundee?
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T:The Piper o' Dundee
M:C
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Notes (p. 283):
SONG XIX. The Piper of Dundee.
Sir Walter Scott, in a marginal note to this song, suggests, that the hero of it is the same with that of song 8th, namely, the notable Carnegie of Phinaven, for whose character see that song and the notes. If it was he, he must, at one period, have borne an active hand in exciting the chiefs to take arms, as the song manifestly decribes a sly endeavour of his to ascertain the state of their feelings. Those mentioned as present were all leading men of the Jacobite faction. Amubrie, or Amublere, where the meeting is described as having taken place, is a remote and sequestered village in the interior of Pertshire. A great number of the common people appears to have been present. It was probably on the eve of one of their great annual fairs, still held on the first Wednesday of May.
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