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Tour Scotland Photographs War Memorial Auchtermuchty Fife
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Tour Scotland Photographs Video Parish Church Auchtermuchty Fife
Tour Scotland video of the Parish Church in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland.
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Tour Scotland Video Bleacher Lassie O Kelvinhaugh Auchtermuchty
Tour Scotland video of Bleacher Lassie O Kelvinhaugh song being sung at the Traditional Music Festival in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Duncan McRae is a Scotish Traditional Singer. His father was a shepherd and he was born in Glenmaick. His parents weren’t singers but there was plenty music in the house in accordions and penny whistles etc. They moved around Perthshire a lot and he finished his schooling at Coupar Angus J S School. There are many versions of this song.
As I gaed out on a fine simmer's evenin
A-walkin doun by the Broomielaw
It wis thair I spied the fairest lassie
She'd cherrie cheeks an a skin like snaw
Says I, "My lassie, is it you that wanders
All alane by the Broomielaw?"
"O, indeed, kind sir, it's the truth I'll tell ye
I'm the bleacher lassie on Kelvinhaugh"
"O lassie, lassie, dae ye remember
The ships that sailed doun the Broomielaw
An the sailor laddie wha nou admires
The bleacher lassie on Kelvinhaugh?"
"O laddie, laddie, I weill remember
The ships that sailed doun the Broomielaw
But the sailor laddies thae aye got tipsy
Wi the bleacher lassie on Kelvinhaugh"
"O lassie, lassie, will ye gang wi me
An A'll cleid ye up in fine satins braw?"
"O indeed, kind sir, I maun plainly tell ye
I've a laud o my ain an he's faur awa"
"Tis seiven lang years sin a loued a sailor
Tis seiven lang years sin he's gaed awa
Aye, but anither seiven seiven I wad wait upon him
An I'll bleach my claes here on Kelvinhaugh"
"O lassie, lassie, ye hae been faithfu
An ye've thocht on me whan I'm faur awa
Twa herts will surely be rewardit
We'll pairt nae mair here on Kelvinhaugh"
An it's this couple, thae hae got mairriet
An thae keep an alehous atween thaim twa
An the sailor laddies thae aa gang drinkin
At the bleacher lassie's on Kelvinhaugh
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Tour Scotland Video Roving Ploughboy Auchtermuchty Festival
Tour Scotland video of Roving Ploughboy being sung at the Traditional Music Festival in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Heather Haywood singing at the Festival, she is best known for her interpretation of traditional songs, her repertoire is wide with the bulk of her material coming from the Scottish tradition. There are many different versions of this song.
Come saddle tae me my auld grey mare.
Come saddle tae me my pony O.
An I'll tak the road and I’ll go far away.
After ma rovin ploughboy O
Chorus.
Ploughboy O, oh ploughboy, O.
I'll follow the rovin ploughboy O
Last night I lay on a fine feather bed.
Sheets and blankets sae cosy O.
This night I maun lie in a cauld barn shed.
Wrapped in the arms of my ploughboy O.
A champion ploughman, my Geordie O.
Cups and medals and prizes O.
On bonny Deveronside there are none to compare.
Wi my jolly rovin ploughboy O.
So fare ye weel tae auld Huntly toon.
Fare ye weel Drumdelgie O.
For noo I’m on the road and I’m gaun far away.
After ma rovin ploughboy O.
Last chorus.
Ploughboy O, oh ploughboy O.
I'll follow my rovin ploughboy O
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Tour Scotland Videos Fiona Hunter Festival Auchtermuchty Fife
Tour Scotland video of Fiona Hunter singing at the Traditional Music Festival in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. As lead singer with Folk Band of the Year, Malinky, Fiona is much in demand as a performer. A native of Glasgow, Fiona graduated in 2004 with a BA hons in Scottish Music from the RSAMD, where she studied with the renowned Scots singer Alison McMorland. Since graduating she has performed extensively around the world with Malinky.
Tour Scotland video shot today of Fiona Hunter singing at the Traditional Music Festival in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland.
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The Tour Scotland Video Ceilidh Band Festival Auchtermuchty Fife
Tour Scotland video of a Ceilidh Band at the Traditional Music Festival in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. The Bainbridges Ceilidh Band and Singers. " An informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and even story telling ", is how you would find the word ceilidh described in a dictionary. A Ceilidh, pronounced Kay-lay, emphasis on 1st syllable, is many things to many people.
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Tour Scotland Video Norman's Law Band Festival Auchtermuchty Fife
Tour Scotland video of the Norman's Law Band at the Traditional Music Festival in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. This band is based in Perthshire and Fife, and they play a variety of musical styles including ceilidh music, jazz, pop rock.
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Tour Scotland Birnie Bouzle Festival Auchtermuchty Fife
Tour Scotland video of Birnie Bouzle being sung at the Traditional Music Festival in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Alistair Ogilvy singing a song by James Hogg at Muchty Festival, Alistair is originally from the Stirlingshire village of Strathblane, and is a fine traditional songster.
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Gin ye'll mairry me, lassie, at the kirk o' Birnie Bouzle
Till the day ye dee, lassie, ye will ne'er repent it
Ye will wear when ye are wed a kirtle and a Hieland plaid
And sleep upon a heather bed sae couthy and sae canty
Ye will gang sae braw, lassie, tae the kirk o' Birnie Bouzle
Little brogues an' a', lassie, vow, but ye'll be canty
Your wee bit tocher is but sma', but hodden grey will wear for a'
And I'll save my siller tae mak ye braw an' ye will ne'er repent it
Gin ye'll mairry me, lassie, at the kirk o' Birnie Bouzle
Till the day ye dee, lassie, ye will ne'er repent it
We'll hae bonnie bairns an' a', some lassies fair an' laddies braw
Just like their mither ane an' a', an' yer faither he's consented
Gin ye'll mairry me, lassie, at the kirk o' Birnie Bouzle
Till the day ye dee, lassie, ye will ne'er repent it
We'll hunt the otter an' the brock, the hart, the hare, the heather cock
An' I'll pu' ye limpets frae the rock tae mak yer dishes dainty
Gin ye'll mairry me, lassie, at the kirk o' Birnie Bouzle
Till the day ye dee, lassie, ye will ne'er repent it
Tour Scotland Video Ay Waukin, O Festival Auchtermuchty Fife
Tour Scotland video of Ay Waukin, O being sung at the Traditional Music Festival in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Alistair Ogilvy singing a song by Robert Burns at Muchty Festival, Alistair is originally from the Stirlingshire village of Strathblane, and is a fine traditional songster.
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Chorus
Ay waukin , O,
Waukin still and weary:
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking on my dearie.
Simmer's a pleasant time:
Flowers of every colour,
The water rins owre the heugh,
And I long for my true lover.
When I sleep I dream,
When I wauk I'm eerie,
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking on my dearie.
Lanely night comes on,
A' the lave are sleepin,
I think on my bonie lad,
And I bleer my een wi' greetin
Tour Scotland Video Traditional Music Festival Auchtermuchty Fife
Tour Scotland video shot tonight of traditional Scottish music in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. An instrumental music session this evening in the Cycle Tavern, Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. One of the first events this weekend at the Auchtermuchty Music Festival.
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Tour Scotland Video Crookit Bawbee Song
Tour Scotland video of two wonderful Scots singing the Crookit Bawbee Song in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Bill Brechin was born in Aberdeen, and many years ago played in the Dysart Colliery Band. For the past 55 years he has lived in Dunfermline, Fife. Nancy Rennie, sang in the old days with the Burntisland Palais Band, and lives in Kinghorn, Fife. They are both wonderful Scots.
"Oh! whar awa’ got ye that auld crookit penny?
For ane o’ bricht gowd wad ye niffer wi’ me?
Richt fu’ are baith ends o’ my green silken wallet,
An’ braw will yer hame be in bonnie Glen Shee."
"It’s oh! that I saw the dear laddie that had it,
Wha when we were bairnies twa, gied it to me;
For a’ the bricht gowd in yer green silken wallet,
I never wad niffer my crookit bawbee."
"Oh! whar awa’ got ye that auld worsted plaidie?
A mantle o’ satin were fitter for thee;
I wad cleed ye wi’ satin, an’ mak’ ye a lady,
Gin ye will gang wi’ me to bonnie Glen Shee."
"Ye may cleed me wi’ satin an’ mak’ me a lady
An tak’ me aft wi’ ye to bonnie Glen Shee;
But the heart that beats true ‘neath this auld worsted plaidie
Was gi’en him lang syne for this crookit bawbee."
"Ye ken na’ the laddie that gied ye the penny,
Ye ken na’ the laddie wha’s true been to thee;
But I ken the lassie that wears the auld plaidie,
The lassie that keepit my crookit bawbee."
"An’ ye are the laddie that gave me the penny,
The laddie I'll lo’e till the day that I dee;
Ye may cleed me wi’ satin, an’ mak’ me a lady,
An’ I will gang wi’ ye to bonnie Glen Shee."
ane: one
auld: old
awa': away
bairnies: babies, children
baith: both
bawbee: penny or half-penny
braw: handsome, fine
bricht: bright
cleed: clad, clothed
crookit: crooked
gang: go
gin: if
gowd: gold
ken: know
lo'e: love
na': not
niffer: trade
twa: two
wad: would
whar: where
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Tour Scotland Video Traditional Music Auchtermuchty
Tour Scotland video shot today of Traditional Scottish Music in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Traditional Scottish music by the The Music Makers a wonderful, friendly, group of local musicians of all ages mainly from North Fife who get together to play music simply for fun. Today they were playing at the Outdoor Market in The Cross Car Park, High Street, Auchtermuchty.
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Tour Scotland Video I'm On My Way Auchtermuchty Fife
Tour Scotland video of the Music Makers singing I’m On My Way in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. The Music Makers are a wonderful, friendly, group of local musicians from North Fife. The song they are singing here was written by The Proclaimers, a Scottish band composed of identical twin brothers, Charlie and Craig Reid, born 5th March, 1962, in Leith, Scotland. They are probably best known for the songs " Letter from America ", " I'm On My Way " and " I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles ". Craig Reid and Charlie Reid grew up in Edinburgh, Cornwall and Auchtermuchty.
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
I'm on my way to what I want from this world
And years from now you'll make it to the next world
And everything that you receive up yonder
Is what you gave to me the day I wandered
I took a right, I took a right turning yesterday
I took a right, I took a right turning yesterday
I took the road that brought me to your home town
I took the bus to streets that I could walk down
I walked the streets to find the one I'd looked for
I climbed the stair that led me to your front door
And now that I don't want for anthing
I'd have Al Jolson sing " I'm sitting on top of the world "
I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
To keep my feet from jumping from the ground dear
To keep my heart from jumping through my mouth dear
To keep the past, the past and not the present
To try and learn when you teach me a lesson
And now that I don't want for anything
I'd have Al Jolson sing " I'm sitting on top of the world ".
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Old Photograph Auchtermuchty Fife Scotland
Old photograph of the hotel, horse and carriage, cottages, houses, people and Town hall in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. The town was built near the site of a Roman camp. In the 15th century the area was thickly covered with forest where Mary Queen of Scots and other members of the Royal Family hunted wild boar. In 1517 the town was created a Royal Burgh and in 1595 King James VI gave it a new Charter and included 3,000 acres of land. Between 1800 and 1900 the population was doubled due to the great increase in handloom weaving.
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June 13th Photograph Tannochbrae Tearoom Scotland
June 13th photograph of Tannochbrae Tearoom, Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. I think I startled this couple from England when I asked if I could take their photograph as they were eating lunch. Used in the filming of Scottish Television’s Dr Finlay, the Tannochbrae Tearoom reflects the style of post-war Britain in its decor and memorabilia.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Auchtermuchty Parish Church
Tour Scotland photograph of Auchtermuchty Parish Church, Fife, Scotland. The first recorded mention of any church on the site of the present Parish Church is on March 31st 1245 when the building, probably constructed of wattle and daub, was consecrated by the then Bishop of St Andrews, Archbishop de Burnham. There may well have been a church on the chosen site before this and it might have been called St Serf's or St Severus' in remembrance of one of the early saints of this area. The Reformation that impacted on the rest of Scotland scarcely touched Auchtermuchty. In 1615 the Reverend James Barker, the 2nd Reform Minister, was accused by the Synod of Gambling and was Rebuked. The Rev Mr Barker was married to a relation of the local Laird whose family financed the building of the Reformation Church, which could explain the leniency of the sentence. Other ministers in other areas might have been dismissed or fined.
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