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01
[TMcK] Were your family in New Deer for generations?
[JT] Weel ma father gwan New Deer fan he wis
six year aul. At's a, foo lang sin that is like.
[TMcK] What about your grandparents, where were
they from?
[JT] Well my grandfather, came doon fae Keith
near there, ma father's father. Same as ma mither, she belonged
tae Fyvie district. Funny, ma mither's father wis 22 year
???? Gicht, and at wis the place at I wis at fower times.
[TMcK] What was your mother's name.
[JT] Calder.
[TMcK] Calder
[JT] Aye. They're buried in the ?? kirkyard.
[TMcK] Your grandparents.
[JT] Aye, on ma mither's side like, aye.
[TMcK] And your father's side's all at the Culsh.
[JT] A at they're a' at the Culsh, aye.
02
[TMcK] You just never took
to the idea of marriage?
[JT] Oh no [laughs].
[TMcK] Too independent?
[JT] At's it. Get tae a certain stage where
ye decide, aye scarper. [Laughs.] Oh aye.
03
[Music.]
In my arms there was no one
They just put her there
In her eyes there was diamonds, ????
I'm at home with the scent of the rose in her hair
In her eyes there was moonlight
In her hair was a rose
My arms there was no one
They just put her there???.
I live for the promise
Her eyes ever shining
???
And there's always the scent of the rose in her hair.
04
When I wis a young thing, I heard my mammy say
That before I would work, I would rather gang and play
Before I would work, I would rather gang and play
Wi my Johnnie, oh my Johnnie mon reid roses.
On the banks o reid roses, my love and I sat
doon
And Johnny, took oot his fiddle for tae play lovers tune
In the middle o the tune he,
His love an I sat doon,
On the bonny, bonny banks beneath reid roses.
When I was a young thing, I heard my mummy say
That before I would work, I would rather gang and play
Oh before I would work, I would rather gang and play
And my Johnny, oh my Johnny mon reid roses.
Oh Johnny took his sweetheart, jist for a walk
Oh Johnny took his sweetheart, an stabbed her in the heart
Oh Johnny took his sweetheart, and stabbed her in the heart,
And he's left her lying there beneath reid roses.
Oh fan I was a young thing, I heard my mummy
say
That before I would work, I would rither gang and play
Oh before I would work, I would rither gang and play
An the bonny bonny banks beneath reid roses.
Noo Johnny took the high road, howkin wi a spade
Oh Johnny's took the high road, howk anither grave
Oh Johnny took yon high road, for howkin at a grave
And he's left her lying there beneath reid roses.
Oh fan I was a young thing, I heard my mummy
say
That before I would work, I would rither gang and play
Oh before I would work, I would rither gang and play
Where my Johnny, oh my Johnny mon reid roses.
[TMcK] What does the lower keyboard do? Would
you like a drink ? [coughing]
[JT] Water.
05
Floo'er the heather, ye're
my heather bell
And I know she knows I love her, mair than I can tell
Oh but she's bonny, As sweet as the floo'er in the dell
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
Ah went for a trip tae the Hielands
When the weather was bonny and blue
Was a lad by the name o MacGregor and chance he tae settle
me doon
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
And I know she knows the lover mair than I can tell
Oh but she's bonny, As sweet as the floo'er in the dell
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
And I know she knows the lover mair than I can tell
Oh but she's bonny, As sweet as the floo'er in the dell
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
Ah went for my trip tae the Hielands
When the weather was bonny and blue
Was a lad by the name of MacGregor and chance he tae settle
me doon
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
And I know she knows the lover mair than I can tell
Oh but she's bonny, as sweet as the floo'er in the dell
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
[JT] Good is it?
[TMcK] I've never heard that one.
[JT] Good that one.
[TMcK] Did you mother sing that one
[JT] My mother sang that one.
06
[JT] This is a modern een.
It's nae an aul-fashioned song.
[JT] This is
Jealous heart, o jealous heart, keep beatin
Can't you see the damage you have done
You've gone, you've gone away for ever
Jealous heart, now I'm the only one
Your memories keep on haunting me
And I have loved you from the start
Jealous heart, o jealous heart a beating
You've, o your jealous heart.
Jealous heart, o jealous heart a beating
Can't you see the damage you have done
You've gone, you've gone away for ever
Jealous heart, now I'm the only one.
Your memories keep on haunting me
And I have loved you from the start
Jealous heart, o jealous heart a beating
For you, o your jealous heart.
For you, o you your jealous heart.
[JT] Now that's the kind o song that I would
sing as a young girl. That's the kind of song I love. See
if I can make a better job of it.
07
Jealous heart, o jealous
heart a beating
can't you see the damage you have done
Your gone, you've gone away for ever
Oh jealous heart, now I'm the only one
Your memories keep on haunting me
And I have loved you from the start
Jealous heart, o jealous heart a beating
For you, for your jealous heart.
08
Have you ever been lonely, have you ever been blue?
Have you ever loved someone, as I love you?
Be a little forgiving for the mistake I made.
Can't you see I suffer, Can't you see I ???.
Be a little forgiving, take her back in your
heart,
Why can't we go on for ever, when we're apart?
If you knew what I went through, then you know
that I love you.
Have you ever been lonely, have you ever been blue?
Have you ever been lonely, have you ever been
blue?
Have you ever loved someone as I loved you?
Be a little forgiving for the mistake I made.
Can't you see I've suffered, can't you see I've suffered,
???
Be a little forgiving take her back in your heart.
Why can we go on forever when we are apart?
If you knew what I went through, then you know that I love
you?
Have you ever been lonely, have you ever been
blue?
Have you ever been lonely, have you ever been blue?
09
Jealous heart, jealous heart, keep beatin
Can't you see the damage you have done
You've gone, you've gone away for ever
Jealous heart, now I'm the only one.
You memories keep on haunting me
And I have loved you from the start
Jealous heart, o jealous heart a beating
For you, for your jealous heart
For you, for you o jealous heart
[JT] Ye'll like that. Well I think that wis
Jimmy Rogers songs an a.
10
There was other one about the old pals. I don't know if I
can.
Oh the old pals are roamin, the best you see
You pals you just find every day.
You make my very heart seem brighter
Just for your dear face to see
In my shattered life I find
Nothing seems right you see
You'll always be a pal of mine
Though it may be just only in dreams.
Your hair has turned to silver
And oh you're getting old
Oh daddy dear, o daddy
I'm coming back to you.
Your made my boy so happy
But still I want to know
Daddy dear or daddy
I'm coming back home to you.
11
[JT] Did you hear a song in that tape you give me. I made
up a song. That's one of my songs.
[TMcK] You recited a verse.
[JT] I made the verses and the song and the
whole melody. And I give it tae Jimmy Porter and that's my
song, I made it up. I made three songs. At's the first time
I heard that song on that tape. And I never heard the other
two that I composed. I composed a lot of songs, well I gave
them three songs anyway and that's the first one that I've
heard. So, it's a good song, and I made it up myself. My husband
was in his bed, taking a rest through the day and I sat at
the piano. And the song was about my son, my boy, he was seventeen
and he went away from home and I was a bittie upset about
him. And my husband gid away tae hae a lie doon ben the room
and I sat at the piano. And I sat and I played it and played
it. And I was thinking about the boy you know, far away from
home, and it's my only child. And I was playing this melody
at came intae my head. And I ran and got this bit o paper
and wis writing doon the words thinkin aboot it. And I says
tae my husband, cried ben till him, come ben and hear this,
I made up a song. Oh what now. Come ben and hear this, I made
up a song. And he came ben and I made up that song and it
was all about my son. And I always wis making up songs. I
hae a hale hullock o songs I've made up, nivver did onything
wi em. But that's my song, it is my home town, I'm not there.
I was thinkin about my loon, my boy and a the time I was feeling
sad I was makin up this song. And Jimmy Porter came and ???
and that's the first time I've heard myself singing it. I
sung it to them. And the tune goes ….
Tis my home town, but I'm not there
It is my home town, but I'm not there
I left my mama, never to return
It is my home town, but I'm not there
la, la. etc…
[Plays melody.]
It is my home, but I'm not there.
[JT] I made up that myself. And you know this,
I didna mine all the words until I heard, my god did I sing
it a! And you hear me looking for one o the verses an at,
and oh my god, at's great. That's my favourite song on there,
on the tape you give me. I made that song up myself.
12
And then there wis anither
een aboot, I'd jist came hame tae see a my friends. Now this
is just imagination, thinkin, thinking things, imagination.
Someone had been away from home and they come home to see
a their folk.
A jist came hame tae a my friens
A came hame tae see ye a
We'll hae a guid aul hearty nicht
Afore I gang awa
Weel the neighbours a came flockin in
They kissed me ane and a
And said I wis lookin afa weel
Handsome, bonny an bra
Then a quine she comes in, in a strippit frock
An she wis the floo'er amon them a
[JT] The song gaed on like at. Tell the truth,
I canna mine on't. I hiv it a written oot. I nivver sing it.
But that song on there, I composed it myself, the tune and
the words. It's my song.
[TMcK] You made the tune yourself.
[JT] Yes, I made everything myself. Did you hear Hamish Henderson
'What a lovely song Jane'. Hear him sayin that on the tape.
13
I had another one 'Give me all your love and your charms'.
An at come oot great an a'.
[TMcK] Do those other ones have tunes as well
[JT] Aye, tunes I made up in ma heid.
14
I made up a tune the other
night. I was playing the organ here and I made up an old tune.
now it'll come in my head tonight maybe. Oh my god, I've made
up a tune. And after that I played it and played it. and then
I begun to awa mak tea and that, my supper and you know this
the tune went away. And I thoucht o my god I've forgotten
it. And then in the morning I was makin my breakfast, the
tune come back tae me. Oh my god the tune come back. And I
gid hummin it, and humming it, I didnae mak words tae it,
I just hummed it.
15
[Organ playing.]
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
(I like this one)
And I know she knows the lover mair than I can tell
Oh but she's bonny, as sweet as the floo'er in the dell
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
Ah went for a trip tae the Hielands
When the weather was bonny and blue
There was a lad by the name o MacGregor who chanced tae settle
me doon
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
And I know she knows the lover mair than I can tell
Oh but she's bonny, as sweet as the floo'er in the dell
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
I like tae sing like Harry Lauder and some
o them.
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
And I know she knows the lover mair than I can tell
Oh but she's bonny, as sweet as the floo'er in the dell
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather bell
16
O we met on a hillside
One bright summer's day
When the heather wis bloomin
An a'thing wis gay
Bonny wis Annie
Charmin wis my Annie
My bonny wee Annie
The floo'er o Drumblane
O she blushed like a wild rose
One bright summer's day
When I asked her the question
O she didnae say nay
Bonny wis Annie
Charmin wis my Annie
My bonny wee Annie
The floo'er o Drumblane
When we met on the hillside
One bright summer's day
When Annie my Annie
She came trippin along
Oh bonny wis Annie
Charmin wis my Annie
My bonnie wee Annie
The floo'er o Drumblane
When we met on that hillside
One bright summer's day
And the first time I saw her
I knew she was mine
Oh bonny wis Annie
Charmin wis my Annie
My bonnie wee Annie
The floo'er o Drumblane
[JT] At's an old song that. That's a very old
one, I've heard my mother and my granny singing that one.
I hope to god the singin will come oot a richt.
17
Let me sleep in your barn tonight, mister
For I'm tired lying out in the cold
Let me sleep in your barn tonight, mister
And I'm sure I'll do you no harm
It was on a cold frosty morning
When the snow lay deep on the hill,
Oh there came an poor, poor stranger
And he had no where to lie down.
Let me sleep in your barn, kind mister,
For I'm tired lying out in the cold
I've got no tobacco nor matches
And I'm sure I'll do you no harm
[Sings melody.]
It was on a cold frosty morning
When the snow lay deep on the ground
Oh there came an poor, poor stranger
And he had no where to lie down
Let me sleep in your barn tonight, mister
God I'm tired lying out in the cold
Let me sleep in your barn tonight, mister
And I'm sure I'll do you no harm
And I'm sure I'll do you no harm
18
Now fit's the ither een?
Give me a home
Where the buffalo roam
Where the deer and the antelope roam,
I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the clouds aren't cloudy all day.
Oh home, home on the range,
Where the deers and the antelope roam,
I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the clouds are not cloudy all day.
[sings melody.]
Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope roam
I would not exchange my home on the range
Where the clouds are not cloudy all day.
19
There's nothing left for me,
In the days that used to be,
But just a memory among my souvenirs,
Some letters tied in blue,
A photograph or two,
A find a rose from you among my souvenirs.
A few more tokens within my treasure chest,
And so I do my best to bring me consolation,
I count them all apart as the tear drops start,
I find a broken heart among my souvenirs.
And nothing left for me,
In the days that used to be,
But just a memory among my souvenirs,
Some letters tied in blue,
A photograph or two,
I find a rose from you among my souvenirs.
A few more tokens left within my treasure chest,
And so I do my best to bring me consolation,
I count them all apart as the tear drops start,
I find a broken heart among my souvenirs.
20
Our love was drifting apart,
There's [forgets words] you now,
And yet I can't forget somehow,
Why do I always remember,
When I'm tryin so hard to forget,
I know I've lost you forever,
Or the ghost of your smile haunts me yet.
I go and dreaming about you,
Life's not worth living without you,
So tell me why do I always remember,
When I'm trying so hard to forget?
I often think in my heart,
That love is drifting apart [hums]
And yet I can't forget somehow,
Why do I always remember,
When I'm tryin so hard to forget?
I know I've lost you forever,
But the ghost of your smile haunts me yet,
I go on dreaming about you,
Life's not worth living without you,
So tell me why do I always remember,
When I'm tryin so hard to forget?
21
Oh Antonio, he's went away,
He left me all alonio, all upon my own-i-o,
I would love to meet him, with his new sweetheart
Up will go Antonio and his ice cream cart
Oh oh Antonio, he's went away,
He left me all alone-i-o, all upon my own-i-o,
I would love to meet him, with his new sweetheart,
Up will go Antonio and his ice cream cart.
22
Ask Peggy O' Neill, is she smiling all the while
Ask Peggy O' Neill.
23
Let me call you sweetheart, I'm in love with you.
Let me hear you whisper that you love me true.
Keep the home fires burning and your eyes to blue.
Just let me call you sweetheart, I'm in love with you.
Let me call you sweetheart, I'm in love with
you.
Let me hear you whisper that you love me true.
Keep the home fires burning and your eyes to blue.
Just let me call you sweetheart, I'm in love with you.
[JT] Nae bad is it?
[TMcK] Nae bad ava.
[JT] Could you hear you now? Could you hear
it?
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