The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland
The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland
556 For yesternight, nae farther gane,^ The back-house at the side-wa' o't. He there wi' Meg was mirdin' * seen ; I hope we'll hae a bridal o't. An we had but a bridal o't, An we had but a bridal o't, We'd leave the rest unto good luck, Although there might betide ill o't. For bridal days are merry times, And young folk like the coming o't, And scribblers they bang up their rhymes, And pipers they the bumming o't. The lasses like a bridal o't. The lasses like a bridal o't Their braws maun be in rank and file, Although that they should guide ill o't. The boddom o' the kist is then Turned up into the inmost o't The end that held the keeks sae clean, ; : ; : Is now become the teemest o't. The bangster at the threshing o't. The bangster at the threshing o't, Afore it comes is fidgin fain, And ilka day's a clashing o't He'll sell his jerkin for a groat. His linder for another o't. And ere he want to clear his shot, His sark'll pay the tother o't. The pipers and the fiddlers o't, The pipers and the fiddlers o't. Can smell a bridal unco far. And like to be the middlers o't * Chatting, with famih'ar dalliance.
— 567 Fan * thick and three-fauld they convene, Ilk ane envies the tother o't, And wishes nane but him alane May ever see another o't. Fan they hae done wi' eating o't, Fan they hae done wi' eating o't, For dancing they gae to the green. And aiblins to the beatin o't: He dances best that dances fast, And loups at ilka reesing o't, And claps his hands frae hough to hough. And furls f about the feezings o't. % ROYAL CHARLIE. Tune— TJie aidd Wife ayont thejirc. Our gallant Scottish prince was clad Wi' bonnet blue and tartan plaid. And oh he was a handsome lad Nane could compare wi' Charlie. The wale o' chiefs, the great Lochiel, At Boradale his prince did hail ; ! And meikle friendship did prevail Between the chief and Charlie. * When—the vulgar dialect of the north-cast coast of Scotland. t Whirls. t From Johnson's Musical Museum, vol. III., 1790. The spirit of a vulgar Scottish wedding is here delineated with uncommon vivacity and force of expression. It may be noted, in particular, that nothing could be more correctly descriptive ( f the system of dancing which obtains at that and all other such assemblages than the last verse. It could only have been improved by some notice of the whoop, or hoo^h ! a wild, short cry which the male dancers utter at the more animated passages of the saltation dancing it cannot be called—and which forms, perhaps, one of the most remarkable features in the performance. 3 A 2
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567<br />
Fan * thick and three-fauld they convene,<br />
Ilk ane envies the tother o't,<br />
And wishes nane but him alane<br />
May ever see another o't.<br />
Fan they hae done wi' eating o't,<br />
Fan they hae done wi' eating o't,<br />
For dancing they gae to the green.<br />
And aiblins to the beatin o't:<br />
He dances best that dances fast,<br />
And loups at ilka reesing o't,<br />
And claps his hands frae hough to hough.<br />
And furls f about the feezings o't. %<br />
ROYAL CHARLIE.<br />
Tune— TJie aidd Wife ayont thejirc.<br />
Our gallant <strong>Scottish</strong> prince was clad<br />
Wi' bonnet blue and tartan plaid.<br />
And oh he was a handsome lad<br />
Nane could compare wi' Charlie.<br />
<strong>The</strong> wale o' chiefs, the great Lochiel,<br />
At Boradale his prince did hail<br />
; !<br />
And meikle friendship did prevail<br />
Between the chief and Charlie.<br />
* When—the vulgar dialect <strong>of</strong> the north-cast coast <strong>of</strong> <strong>Scotland</strong>.<br />
t Whirls.<br />
t From Johnson's Musical Museum, vol. III., 1790. <strong>The</strong> spirit <strong>of</strong> a<br />
vulgar <strong>Scottish</strong> wedding is here delineated with uncommon vivacity and<br />
force <strong>of</strong> expression. It may be noted, in particular, that nothing could be<br />
more correctly descriptive ( f the system <strong>of</strong> dancing which obtains at that<br />
and all other such assemblages than the last verse. It could only have<br />
been improved by some notice <strong>of</strong> the whoop, or hoo^h ! a wild, short cry<br />
which the male dancers utter at the more animated passages <strong>of</strong> the saltation<br />
dancing it cannot be called—and which forms, perhaps, one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
most remarkable features in the performance.<br />
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