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The Witches Reel
04:48
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2. |
3 times 3
04:00
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Cummer go ye before cummer, go ye
If ye willna go before cummer let me
Ring-ring-a-widdershins
Linkin’ lithely widdershins
Cummer carlin crone and queen
Roun’ go we
Cummer go ye before cummer, go ye
If ye willna go before cummer let me
Ring-ring-a-widdershins
Loupin’ lightly widdershins
Kilted coats and fleein’ hair
Three times three
Cummer go ye before cummer go ye
If ye willna go before cummer let me
Ring-ring-a-widdershins
Whirlin’ skirlin’ widdershins
De’il tak the hindmost
Wha’er she be
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3. |
Gold to Grey
03:40
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4. |
The Vine
03:16
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5. |
Blackbirds and Thrushes
03:46
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If all the young ladies were blackbirds and thrushes
If all the young ladies were blackbirds and thrushes
Then all the young men would go beating the bushes
Fal de da diddle di diddle di day
If all the young ladies were ducks on the water
If all the young ladies were ducks on the water
Then all the young men would go swimming and laughter
Fal de da diddle di diddle di day
If all the young ladies were rushes a growing
If all the young ladies were rushes a growing
Then all the young men with their scythes would go mowing
Fal de da diddle di diddle di day
If the ladies were trouts and salmon so lively
If the ladies were trouts and salmon so lively
Then all the young men would go fishing on Friday
Fal de da diddle di diddle di day
If all the young ladies were hares on the mountain
If all the young ladies were hares on the mountain
Then all the men with their hounds would be out without countin’
Fal de da diddle di diddle di day
Fal de da diddle di diddle di day
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6. |
Thaney
04:58
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"Mak' yer bed fu' broad, dear Thaney
Mak' yer bed fu' broad and wide
There will lie a southern suitor
And you shall be his bonnie bride"
"Faither dear, my bed is narrow
Narrow so it will remain
Never will I wed a stranger
I would raither lie my lane"
"Then I will call you no more daughter
I will call you no more mine
'Til the day you die you'll wander
Wander oot among the swine"
Thaney fae the ha' was banished
Banished oot intae the night
By and by there came a lady
Busked in linens lily-white
An' Thaney beckoned tae the lady
Through the mirk she couldnae tell
That it was a fair-faced laddie
Come loomin' like the earl o' hell
"Tak yer hands fae aff my shoulders
Tak yer hands fae aff my wame"
"I will tak' the one thing, lady
I never can return again"
He has left her lyin' lowin'
Lowin' there among the swine
Thaney saw her belly growin'
Growin' wi' the rue and thyme
Word has gone untae the castle
Word has gone untae the ha'
"Thaney has lain wrang wi' a stranger
She has let her snood doon fa'"
"Wae be tae the wanton Thaney
She has hattered at my heart
Take her tae the highest mountain
Tie her fast intae a cart"
They have shackled Thaney's body
Wi' her belly rowin' fu'
Every man wi' stone stood ready
For to break her back in two
But wonders on the bonnie lady
Wonders on the Berwick Law
Thoough the stanes rained doon wi' fury
Not a one on her did fa'
Word has gone untae the castle
Word has gone through a' the land
"Thaney rose up like the morning
She stepped softly on the strand"
"Wae be tae the wanton Thaney
Curses on her blithesome head
Let it be by Loth here commanded
I will live to see her dead
Without sail or row or rudder
It's you shall toss the wild, wild faem
Let the ocean's dogs devour you
Never more you'll rise again"
But wonders on the bonnie lady
Wonders on the silver spray
Cradled by five thousand fishes
It's she has reached the Isle o' May
Through the turning tide they tumbled
Through the rattlin', rollin' storm
Safe at Culross Kirk she has landed
There she has her baby born
"I will make my bed fu' narrow
And in it I will lie my lane
And my bonnie boy there beside me
Nothing more to rue again”
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Terra Burgoyne Scotland, UK
Terra Burgoyne is a clarsach player based in Knoydart, Scotland. She plays and sings Traditional music and recently graduated from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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