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| "Logie o' Buchan" | genre: Celtic | |
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| Margo sings a beautiful old Scottish song, with Arthur on guitar and Andrew on fiddle. |
CD: Home from the sea
Label: MacArthur Music
Credits: Arthur Wilson, Margo Falconer, Andrew Hennessay |
Story Behind the Song
The girl in this song appears to be telling the local laird (lord) about the pressure she is under to marry a well off suitor after her young lover has been taken away. However she vows to remain true to him, just as he has promised he will return to her.The words are set to an old Scottish melody.
Lyrics
O Logie o' Buchan, o Logie the Laird
They ha'e ta'en awa Jamie,
Wha delved in the yaird;
Wha play'd on the pipe
And the viol sae sma';
They ha'e ta'en awa Jamie,
The floo'r o' them a':
He said "Think na lang lassie,
Tho' I gang awa,
For I’ll come and see thee,
In spite o' them a'."
O, Sandy has oosen, has gear and has kye
A hoose and a hauden and siller forbye
But I’d hae ma ain lad,
Wi' his staff in his hand,
Before I’d hae him,
Wi' his hooses and land
But simmer is comin', cauld winter's awa'
And he'll come and see me on spite o' them a'
I sit on my creepie an' spin at my wheel
An' think on the laddie
That lo'es me sae weel
He had but ae saxpence, he brak' it in twa
And he ga'e me the half o't,
When he gaed awa'
He said "Think na lang lassie
Tho' I gang awa'
For I’ll come and see thee
In spite o' them a'."
Laird - lord
Delved-dug
Yaird-yard
Oosen - oxen
Gear - property
Kye - cattle
Haudin - small farm
Siller - silver \ money
Creepie - padded stool
Laddie - boy
Lo'es - loves
Weel - well
Saxpence - sixpence
Brak- broke
Ae - one
Twa - two
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