Tour Scotland Video Northumbrian Smallpipes Perth Perthshire
Tour Scotland video of Northumbrian Smallpipes being played in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Northumbrian smallpipes, also known as the Northumbrian pipes, are bellows-blown bagpipes from Northeastern England, particularly Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.
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Tour Scotland Video Uilleann Pipes Perth Perthshire
Tour Scotland video of uilleann pipes being played in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A group called the Odd Alliance playing traditional music in St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth. The uilleann pipes are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Earlier known in English as " union pipes ", their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language term píobaí uilleann, literally, " pipes of the elbow ", from their method of inflation.
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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Music Perth Perthshire October 1st
Tour Scotland video shot today of traditional music today in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A group called the Odd Alliance playing traditional Scottish music today in St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth.
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Tour Scotland Video Loch Tay Boat Song Perth Perthshire
Tour Scotland video of the Loch Tay Boat being sung in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A group called the Odd Alliance singing today in St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth. Not great acoustics for solo singers, in such a large space, but these folks did really well.
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The Loch Tay Boat Song
When I've done the work of day
And I row my boat away
Down the waters of Loch Tay
When the evening light is falling
Then I look towards Ben Lawers
Where the after glories glow
And I dream on two bright eyes
With a merry mouth below
She's my beauteous nighean ruadh
She's my joy and sorrow too
Though I own she is not true
Ah, but I cannot live without her
For my heart's a boat in tow
And I'd give the world to know
If she means to let me go
As I sing hori horo
Nighean ruadh, your lovely hair
Has more beauty I declare
Than all the tresses fair
From Killin to Aberfeldy
Be they lint-white, gold or brown
Be they blacker than the sloe
They mean not as much to me
As a melting flake of snow
And her dance is like the gleam
Of the sunlight on the stream
And the songs the wee folk sing
They're the songs she sings at milking
But my heart is full of woe
For last night she bade me go
And the tears begin to flow
As I sing hori horo
When I've done the work of day
And I row my boat away
Down the waters of Loch Tay
When the evening light is falling
Then I look towards Ben Lawers
Where the after glories glow
And I dream on two bright eyes
With a merry mouth below
She's my beauteous nighean ruadh
She's my joy and sorrow too
Though I own she is not true
Ah, but I cannot live without her
For my heart's a boat in tow
And I'd give the world to know
If she means to let me go
As I sing hori horo
The Gaelic words "nighean ruadh" mean "red-haired girl".
"Hori horo" are used by the Scots to indicate sorrow.
Tour Scotland Video Ducks Autumn Leaves Loch Faskally Pitlochry Perthshire
Tour Scotland video of Ducks and Autumn Leaves at Loch Faskally, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. The loch is popular with anglers. The water holds a good head of brown trout and the native fish are augmented by a stocking in the 1 to 5lb range. A 7 pounder was recorded in 2001. Salmon and a few sea trout pass through as they head up the Tummel and Garry systems. 54 salmon were caught in 2001 the best being a fish of 14 ½ lbs, however fish to 28lbs have also been caught. June also sees the arrival of the summer grilse. There are also good numbers of small pike with a few larger specimens mixed in. The best recorded pike have been over 30lb.
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