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[Music]
[Jane Turriff] [Singing]
Why should I be so lonely?
Why should I be so blue,
When another his taken from me,
The best pal I ever knew?
She's taken the sunshine with her
An left the cloud for me,
Why should I be so lonely,
Will anybody feel lonely for me.
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Oh the violets are blue,
And I'll have to do
The roses so sweet,
Make me blue, blue, blue.
They bring to my mind,
A sweet happy time,
When your love was only for me.
Why should I be so lonely?
Why should I be so blue,
When another his taken from me,
The best pal I ever knew?
She's taken the sunshine with her
An left the cloud for me,
Why should I be so lonely,
Will anybody feel lonely for me.
[speaks] Is at bonny?
[sings]
Oh the violets are blue,
And I'll have to do
The roses so sweet,
Make me blue, blue, blue.
Why bring to my mind,
The sweet happy times,
When your love was only for me.
Why should I be so lonely?
Why should I be so blue,
When another his taken from me,
The best pal I ever knew?
She's taken the sunshine with her
An left the cloud for me,
Why should I be so lonely,
When there's nobody lonesome for me
Why should I be so lonely?
Why should I be so blue,
When another his taken from me,
The best pal I ever knew?
She's taken the sunshine with her
An left the cloud for me,
Why should I be so lonely,
When there's nobody lonesome for me
The violets are blue,
And I'll have to do
The roses so sweet,
Makes me blue, oooo.
They bring to my mind,
What sweet happy times
When your love was only for me.
[speaks] At's Jimmy Rogers.
[sings]
Why should I be so lonely?
Why should I be so blue,
When another his taken from me,
The best pal I ever knew, ooo.
She's taken the sunshine with her
An left the cloud for me,
Why should I be so lonely,
Will anybody be lonesome for me
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I wanna go home, I wanna
go home
???
Take me over the sea
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The first I saw the lovelight
in your eyes,
When first I saw you on the village green,
I never knew a chance ??? for me,
I dreamed a dream I've never dreamed before.
And even though we drifted far apart,
I love you just as I loved you,
When you were sweet,
When you were sweet sixteen.
Fal la, Fad de dum da ra
Fad da da, da dum …
When first I saw the lovelight in your eyes,
When first I saw you on the village green,
I never knew a chance was left for me,
I dreamed a dream I've never dreamed before.
And even though we drifted far apart,
I love you just as I loved you,
When you were sweet,
When you were sweet sixteen.
Oh ladin, lad da da da dim
Barra darum da da…
[speaks] …Do you like at
[TM] Very good….
[JT] Have ye the tape on?
[TM] Aye.
[JT] Let me hear at een en. A bit o't will ye,
see how if at comes oot.
[TM] Okay.
05-06
...
[JT] I dinna ken far ti start it. Help me God. [laughs]
[CP] [sings]
He has gone before o,
Sayin madam I maun keep a tryst,
On the dowie dens o Yarrow.
[JT] [sings]
Oh he's gaen tae his lady gan.
[speaks] I think at's too high fur me. At's
nae me normal, at's nae my key.
[sings]
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He's gan tae his lady dear,
As he had done before-o,
Fin madam I maun keep a tryst
On the dowie dens o Yarrow.
Oh bide at hame, my lord, she said,
Oh bide at hame, my marrow,
Or my three brothers will slay thee,
On the dowie dens o Yarrow.
Oh hold yer tongue, my lady dear,
What's a' the strife and sorrow,
It I'll come back ti thee again,
On the dowie dens o Yarrow.
She kissed his cheeks she kissed his hair,
As she had done before-o,
Gied him a brand down by his side,
An he's awa ti Yarrow.
So hes gan up yon Tennies bank,
A wyte he gaed wi sorrow,
An ere he met nine armed men,
On the dowie dens o Yarrow.
Oh come ye here to howk or hound,
Or drink the wine sae clear-o,
Or come ye here to pairt yer land,
On the dowie dens o Yarrow.
I come not here ti howk or hound,
Or drink the wine sae clear-o,
Nor come I here ti pairt my land,
But I'll fight wi you in Yarrow.
So four he's hurt an five he's slain,
On the bloody dens o Yarrow,
Till a cowardly man come him behind,
An pierced his body through-o.
Gae hame, gae hame, ma brither John,
With a' this grief an sorrow,
Gae hame an tell ma lady dear,
That I sleep sound in Yarrow.
So he's gan up yon high, high hill,
As he hid deen before-o,
And there he met his sister dear,
She wis comin fast ti Yarrow.
Oh I dreamt a dreary dream yestreen,
God keep us a' fae sorrow,
I dreamt I pulled a birk sae green,
On the dowie dens o Yarrow.
Oh sister I will read yer dream,
I know it has come sorrow,
Yer true love he lies dead an gone,
He wis killed, wis killed in Yarrow.
[TM] Wonderful.
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[JT] A good song at. We're
nae gan ti hear at songs nowadays. At's a good song. Ah won
wi that song singin it, ah won wi singin, at Kinross, ah won
the cup for at.
[TM] I've heard a lot of people sing that song,
but I don't think anybody sings it better than you do.
[JT] Are ye sure.
[TM] Great, hmmhmm.
[JT] I think I'm nae singin right now, eh noo.
[TM] You're singing pretty well.
[Background chatting with CP]
[JT] Oh aye, singin's ma life ye see. Singin's
my life. Ma mother an a', it wis her life an a'. An, eh, father
noo, he'd certain kinna songs, and mi dad wis musical. He
wis musical, but neen o ma sisters an brothers, nae neen a
them musical. I'm the only one in the family.
[TM] You've got enough for all of them I think.
[JT] eh.
[TM] [laughs]
[JT] An ma uncle, ma uncle Davie, ye've heard
aboot him. My mothers youngest brother. Now a hiv a gran-uncle,
an he wis a great piper, noo its my mothers fathers brither,
this man, an he's burriet round is way, an its Donald Stewart's
his name. An its my grandfathers brother is my mothers uncle,
an its my gran-uncle, an he wis a great piper. And he's got
all his medals, medals on him, ye see it on his gravestone,
an at's my gran-uncle. An ma mither's uncle an mi grandfathers,
Robert wis ma granddad, an his brother wis Donald, Donald
Stewart. He's Donald Stewart the piper, who hid the pipes.
Oh an folk played pipes, ma mither played e pipes an a'. But
we used ti be rowdy, cairryin on, e bairns, an makin a noise.
Ma father maybe out ye see. She'd say 'now', the pipes is
hingin up on the wall, never in a box, they were hingin up.
Mi mother would say no tik doon e pipes look an play ti ye,
ti keep ye's quiet. Wi liked e pipes, so mi mither took em
down an she used ti play the pipes till us. God we wis happy,
god help us, wir happy days wi hid, an then, sometimes she
took aff the chanter, an played e chanter. An we used ti love
at, we used ti like at, God great. Ye dinna get a' that happiness
now do ye.
[TM] No.
[JT] Well ye jist, well I appreciate you two
boys for ye's love singin an ye love e songs. At's better
than, it's a good, a mean ti say, it's a happy thing ti have.
It makes ye happy. It's a happy buddy its like singin, in
music. It's a good thing that. Now ye get some folk, no time
for't. Maybe did when they hae a dram or something, an awa
galavantin, at's not my life. I like ma singin, a happy life.
It's a happy person that sings. Now in the mornin, when I'm
makin mi tea. In the mornin, I'll be singin ma mam's songs,
ma mither's songs. An I says 'Oh my God, fan did a hear at
now', maybe a hinna sung it for a lang time, an forgot aboot
it. Come inti ma heid, an I'll sing ma mither's song. An a
says 'Oh me, a forgot aboot at, oh', here's me singin, an
it tiks me away back again, wonderful. Jist wonderful is singin,
its ma life, an ah've no time for folk that disna like singin,
I like folk that likes singin. Because it makes abody happy,
it's a good life, if ye go in for singin, or even if ye like
e music. So ye canna sing, ye like e music.
[Clive Powell] Aye that's it.
[JT] Aye, oh its wonderful.
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[Clive Powell] [sings] [Northumbrian
dialect]
[JT] Afore he wouldna go singin.
[CP] I know [laughter]
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[JT] When did ye hear me
singin, got a tape or something. Heard a tape in the University.
[CP] Aye that's right, it wis Hamish who sent
us.
[JT] So did he, he heard me singin air an a',
didn't ye.
[TM] Hmhm.
[JT] An he gied me a tape e day, o singin. An
e did ye hear more singers like, tapes a more singers.
[TM] Oh yes, lots of singers.
[JT] Aye, uhuh. An at and eh, well at's e first
time, an then he heard me, an a says where did ye hear aboot
me singin, so he tellt mi, an he phoned me, an then he come
here, some ti see mi. At's a long time ago since you've come
ti see me.
[CP] ???…???…
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[JT] A learned him ti dance
an a', a learned him ti march, a learned him ti, what a cairry
on. He'd the feather duster an up an doon e floor, an I'm
sloomped an ahing, an goin like a sodjer paradin, paradin.
[sings]
Ta ra da de dum duddie
Tra da de dum da dum
[speaks] at's a pipe tune.
[sings]
Tara dum de duddie, da da da di diddum da
Yirra ra, de di dum duddie, da ra de di dum da dum
Yirra ri da dum dum duddie da da di da ra
Di da di dee dum de dudum, tra da dudum da di
Ri da dum da duddie da da da da duddam da
Di da dee dum duda, aye aye du duddum da di
Tra da dum dum duddie da da di da ra
[speaks] And then,
[sings]
Da da dim aye deidle duddie, da da dum da
Ar a di da di dum da da dum duddie
Da, da dum ti dum duddie, da di dee dum da
Ara da ra da di duddie durra dum di da
[speaks]
An I learnt him a that
[laughter, chatter]
[sings]
Di ra da de dum duddie
[Speaks]
What's is yer eh, oh ye've got at.
[sings]
Da ra da dee dum duddie
Dider aye dida dum da…
[end of recording]
[sings to keyboard acompaniment]
Da de dum duddie, da dara da de de dum
Aye ara, da de dum duddie, da da dee dum duddie
Da ra re rum duddie, da da dee da da
Ar a de di dum di didie, de de da di di dum
da
Ad da di di dum didie, da da da da dum
Da ra de dum dum daddie, da da de dum daddie
Dar a de da ra
Dara dum re rum duddie da da dee dee de do
Da ra de da da drum ra redum dingie da de dum
Da ra de da da de dum
Da da rum da didum duddie da did de do
Da ra da de de dum de dum
Da da rum de de dum dunnie
Da de dum, da ra da da dum
Dad de dime din a de da dum dum
Da da dee dum dum
Da da dee de dum daddie
Da da daddie dum
Da da rum aradi dum di da dum
Dara dum di dum
[Speaks] A actually hiv ma gran bairns duncin.
[sings]
Da ra da de dum duddie, da da de dum dadi
Da da de rum duddie da da da dum
De da da de dee dum duddie a da de dum doddie
Da da dee dum duddie, de de de da ra
De da de diddie, da da de da da dum dum
De de dum doddie, da da ra ra
Ra dum da re dum duddie da da de dum dadie
De da da da da
[speaks] Great. That's the pipe tune. Come on
noo can ye play.
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[CP] [plays tunes on the
mandolin]
[JT] At's good at, ah didna ken you could play…
wait a minty, an sometimes a plays it is wey. An a clop, clop,
clop.
[TM] Oh yes.
[JT] I'm nae hiddin it richt, nuh, at's nae
the wey.
[sings + beats rhythm] da de dum da daddie de
da
[speaks] at's e wey. Makin it e horse its goin
at's e speed. Dum dee, wait a minutie.
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[sings]
A rumpity dumpty da de da raddity di dum daddie-o,
far are ye gan ye bonnie wi lass a message fae ma mammy-o
far ye gan mi bonny wi lass, far are ye gan mi dearie-o
far are ye gan ma bonny we lass, a message tae ma mammyio
Whats yer name ma bonny wi lass whats yer name ma dearyo
whats yer name ye bonny wi lass ma mammy ca'ed me Jeannie-o
da da di da da, da da da da dum didie-o
da da raddie de de dum, da da da da de daddio
dum de [laughs]
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[JT] Now play your tune an I'll follow ye's, I'll follow ye.
[music plays]
[JT] Oh that's wonderful. Did ye record it.
[TM] Yes, I did.
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[JT] Och I thocht ye forgot. Oh my God, wonderful ???…
Dad aye played at. [sings] Da da da da de de de a. [speaks]
I'm affa playin is noo, a hinna played it.
[sings] Da did di de de da, da dade de da, da didle de de,
de diddle da ra, de diddle de dee, diddle de ra ra, diddle
de die di…
[speaks] I learned Leahandrai ti play the spoons, an ah've
got a tape I'll hae ti rake fur sometime, an let ye hear me
an her playin. She fairly play the spoons, I learned her.
Noo I'm aff a it a bittie, cos I never played the ??? A learnt
her, an she can fair ruttle em up, ken. Uhuh. We can hae a
great nicht a music.
[chattering in background]
[JT] A happy night eh, great at.
[TM] Great.
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[JT] And fit aboot, can ye
play ??? Dae ye ken at ane. [sings] De di di di dee diddle
de da. [speaks] A mak it play like a horse, horses is clop,
clop. [sings] Rumpty dumpty di de da…[speaks] at's e
horses feet.
[TM] [sings] Fin I wis only twal year aul.
[JT] [sings along] a left the pairish skweel,
mi mither meant me aul breeks,
Tae chaw milk an meal,
First I pit on ma nairra breeks, tae hap ma spinnle trams,
Syne bucklt roon ma knappin knees, a pair o nicky tams.
First I gaed on for bailie loon, syne I gaed
on for third,
An syne of course I hid ti get the horseman's grip an word,
A loaf a breid ti be ma piece, a bottle for drinkin drams,
Ye canna ging through the cattle shed withoot ma nicky tams.
Oh I'm courtin bonnie Annie noo, Rob Tamson's
kitchie deem,
She is five and forty an I am seiventeen,
She clorts tae me a muckle piece wi different kinds o jam,
An tells me ilkae nicht that she admires my nicky tams.
Noo I startit oot ae Sunday for the kirkie for
ti gang,
Ma collar it wis unco ticht, ma breeks were neen ower lang,
I had ma bible in ma pooch, likewise ma book o psalms,
Fan Annie cried, Ye muckle feel, tik aff yer nicky tams.
So unca sweir I teen them aff, the lassie for
ti please,
Bit aye ma breeks they lurkit up roonaboot ma knees,
Fan a muckle bee gaed up ma leg in the middle o the sang,
An nivver again will a rade tae the kirk withoot ma nicky
tams.
I've often thocht I'd like tae be a bobbie on
the beat
An maybe I wid like fur to drive a pair o horse,
If ever it's ma lot tae be the bobbies or the trams,
I'll nivver forget the happy days I wore ma nicky tams.
Da da da di di di di…
[speaks] Ye like at. Is the thing on.
[TM] Yes.
[JT] Oh. Oh me. Ye ken is, I'll hae a' the folk
in Edinburgh if they hear at. They'll come through.
[CP] Talking about getting a group together
for the past ??? years.
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[JT] On e TV again, aha,
oh my God, hear een an. Let ye hear is een. The horse comin
in ye see.
[sings]
Oh aul Billie fee'd mi, Robbie never spoke,
Tae come an drive the second pair at the Hash o Belnagoak
An a ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
We hae a gallant kitchie deem, her name is Bessie
Broon,
Twid fairly tak a saiddle girth her middle tae gae roon.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Noo wi hae a ??? daughter, she's the flooer
o the glen,
She plays a piana an sometimes wi the men.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Noo wi hae a wee bit baillie, he comes fae Kinnaird,
A little kin o mannie, an a stumpie o a beard.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
??? a funny chiel, he's wrang aboot the feet,
An up an doon the neep shaws he fairly gart ye greet.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Noo we hae a bit fairmer, he's aye in a hash,
He gets up in the mornin an he says we'll hae a thrash.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Noo Geordie hid a humphie back, he said it gied
him pain,
When he took aff his jacket, oot flew a cluckin hen.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Noo its Muggie is the fairmer's wife, she's
aye in a sottar,
Up an doon e fairm close she gars her booties clatter.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Noo is is a' ma story I need ti tell ti you,,
An need awa an feed the hens and tik in the coo.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
[speaks] Hiv ye heard at een.
[TM] That's great. Lots of that one to remember
eh.
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[JT] At's Camerons songs at. at's hes songs, an a learnt quite
a lot hes songs. But I dinna think he learnt my songs. But
they used to sing along wi mi, when we went ti the concerts
we sung igither. I joint in wi him singin, ken. It wis great.
I'm nae jist great at the spoons, I dinna ken, its me, ye've
ti hae smooth clothes. at's supposed ti be the aul horse comin
in. Come awa Jock, oh ye're getting gie slow lad.
[diddles]
A de de aye de di di dum
Aye are e di dum
Da da de da de dum
An a di di de rum de
[speaks] Oh the horses feets goin
[sings]
Di rum dum da
And a di da de de dum de da ra
[laughs]
[sings]
Ye get up in the mornin
He gies hisel a shak
He says cam awa mi lad
He will hae a thrash
An a ring dum a day
A ring dum a day
An a ring dum a diddle com a dandy-o
[Speaks] come awa min, it's seen be supper time,
an we need were maet. I'm hungry an so are you.
[sings]
Hey I've a daughter a flooer o the glen
She plays a piana aye an files wi the men
Ring dum a day, ring dum a day,
An a ring dum diddle come a dandy-o.
[speaks] Oh we're getting on noo, we're nae
sae bad we're nae far fae a field the smell o the, o the supper,
oh I've hid a lang day o't, a need ma met an so div you.
[sings]
Oh Geordie hid a humphie back, he said it gied him pain
When he took aff his jacket, oot flew a cluckin hen.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Noo we hae a gallant kitchie deem, her name
is Bessie Broon,
Twid fairly tak a saiddle girth her middle tae gae roon.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Noo we hae a bit baillie, he comes fae Kinnaird,
He's a little kinna mannie wi a stumpie o a beard.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Noo our second chiel's an affa chiel, he's wrang
aboot the feet,
An up an doon the neep shaws he fairly gart ye greet.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Oh we hae a bit fairmer, he's aye in a hash
He gets up in the mornin and says come awa, mi lad, we'll
hae a thrash.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Noo Muggie is the fairmer's wife, she's aye
in a sottar,
She gets up in the mornin an she gars her bootties clatter.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
Noo this is a' ma story I've got ti tell ti
you,
An need tae awa an feed the hens an tak in the coo.
A ringdumaday, a ring dum day,
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
An ring dum a diddle come a dandy-o.
[speaks]
Ah we're here at last Jock. My god eh, oh fairly tik were
supper the nicht I'll tell ye at. Ye mon be tire't an I'm
tire't tee, oh. [laughs] At's the horse I'm spikken til. Ye
get a good laugh.
[TM] That's great.
[JT] Eh. You think its great. [laughs]
[CP] ???…
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[JT] Well I don't sing it.
I just hum it. Its just the sound you know. [sings] da dea
dum diddle dum ad da da…
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