Barnyards of Delgaty
Traditional
As I cam' in by Turra Market,
Turra Market for to fee,
I fell in wi' a farmer’s child,
The Barnyards of Delgaty.
Chorus
Lintin addie toorin addie,
Lintin addie toorin ee,
Lintin lowrin, lowrin, lowrin,
The barnyards of Delgaty.
He promised me the ain best pair
Ever I set my eyes upon,
When I got out to the barnyard
naething there but skin and bone
The auld black mare sat on its rump,
The auld black mare lay on her wime.
all that I could "Hup" and crack,
They wouldna rise at yokin' time.
When I gae to church on Sunday,
Mony's the bonnie lass I see,
Sitting by her faither's side
winkin o'er the pews at me.
When I drink I can’t be drunk,
I can fight I can’t be slain,
I can shag another man's lass,
And aye be welcome to my ain.
The candle now it is brunt oot,
snotter's fairly on the wane.
fare ye weel ye Barnyards
Ye'll never catch me here aga
Bedlam Boys
words and music traditional
For to see my Tom of Bedlam, 10,000 miles I'd travel
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes, to save her shoes from gravel.
Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys,
Bedlam boys are bonnie
For they all go bare and they live in the air,
they want no drink nor money.
I went down to Satin's kitchen, for to beg me food one morning
There I got souls piping hot, on the spit a turning. .
My staff has murdered giants, my bag a long knife carries
to cut mince pies from children's thighs, which to feed the fairies. .
No gypsy slut nor doxy, shall take Mad Tom from me
I'll drink all night, the fray I'll fight, the fray will well become me.
It's next I have murdered, the Man-In-The-Moon to powder
His staff I'll break, his dog I'll bake, they'll yell no demon louder.
First Verse.
Neath a Scottish Sky
Miller/Norris
Take my hand my lassie, arm and arm we go
Journey to the mountain where the blueberries grow
Sing a happy tune, our beating hearts will dance
thru the glen we go to share a scots romance
CHORUS
To be with you forever watchin the time go by
Makin love in the heather Neath a Scottish Sky
Birds are singing sweetly sun is shining bright
Broom is brightly yellow oh what a beautiful sight
I'll make a bed of flowers as the sea wind blows
watch the sky in your eyes, reflect Ben Nevis snow
Sun sinks in the west, don't be sad my dear
Tomorrow is another day don't shed a bonnie tear
Take my hand my lassie, arm and arm we go
Journey to the mountains where the blueberries grow
CHORUS
MAGGIE'S SONG
Norris
INSTRUMENTAL
PLAID TO THE BONE
· Miller/Norris
· · Grandma is Irish, Daddy is a Scot
I was born in America, Celtic I was taught
Alba and Erin are the two I love so best
St. Andrew and Patrick share my family crest
· Chorus
· You can take me as I am, as I stand here alone
· I'm a Scot-Irishman I am Plaid to the bone
· Army boots and tartan down to my knee
· If you cut my body I will bleed Irish green
Bagpipes and kilts and shamrocks in my hat
· Best of both worlds is how I roll like that
·
Chorus
· From Glasgow to Inverness to the Royal Mile
· Minnesota, Mississip, they play our celtic style
· The trads they don't like us we don't fit in their box
· Po mogh thoin you bastard this is Scot Irish Rock!
Chorus
· 1st Verse
THE SCOTSMAN'S KILT
Mike Cross
Vic-Ray Publishing
A Scotsman clad in kilt left the bar one evening fair
One could tell by the way he walked he drunk more than his share
He stumbled round until he could no longer keep his feet
Then he stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
He stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street
About that time two young and pretty lasses happend by
One says to the other with a twinkle in her eye
See young sleeping Scotsman so strong and handsome built
I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath their kilt
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath their kilt
They crept up on the sleeping Scotsman quiet as could be
They lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see
And there behold, for them to view, beneath his Scottish skirt
Was nothing more than God has graced him with upon his birth
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
Was nothing more than God has graced him with upon his birth
They marveled for a moment, then one said we must be gone
Let's leave a present for our friend, before we move along
As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon, tied into
A bow around the bonnie star, the Scots kilt did lift and show
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
A bow around the bonnie star, the Scots kilt did lift and show
The Scotsman woke to nature's call and stumbled to a tree
He lifts up his kilt and gawks at what he sees
And in a startled voice he says what before me eyes.
O lad I don't know where you been I see you've won first prize
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
O lad I don't know where you've been I see you've won first prize
BROTHER
Miller/Norris
When we were young lads playin out among the heather
Fightin invisible redcoats no clansmen was any better
We were Wallace and Bruce as we looked at one another
We drew our swords of sticks said listen to me brother
Chorus
Brother, I got your back
I will not let you fall
Brother, I got your back
All you gotta do is call
When Charlie came we went off to fight his war
From Prestonpans, Falkirk to Culloden Moor
Before each Highland Charge we said a prayer for our mother
We drew our swords and targe said listen to me brother
Chorus
We made our way back to the beautiful bonnie glen
To see the smoking ashes where our houses have been
We gathered up the clansmen to America to start a new life
To raise a family with a beautiful bonnie wife
Chorus
Thirty years later started talkin about bein free
Like we did long ago in Scotland that ended in misery
We dusted off our swords to fight for our new country
With our sons followin behind us my brother said to me
Chorus x2
REAL MEN WEAR KILTS
Miller/Norris
Yo Yo lads come and listen to me
I got the secret for female ecstacy
Don't be scared and don't be shy
Watch the girls stare as you walk by
Chorus
Put a bonnet on your head and a kilt on your knee
She's gonna say that you look sexy
You'll turn their heads and make their hearts melt
All the girls will scream "Real Men Wear Kilts"
Real Men Wear Kilts
From the East to the West, sea to shining sea
No more restrictions your gonna feel free
Talk with a brogue dance a Scottish lilt
You'll break their hearts with a swing of your kilt
Chorus
You'll be Cassanova, Romeo and Don Juan
Like Sean Connery as James Bond
You'll get all the girls if you listen to me
Put that Scottish kilt upon your bonnie knee
Chorus
Verse #1
Chorus x2
ANGUS THE HIGHWAYMAN
Miller/Bellner
Chorus
My name is Angus the Highwayman
Trying to make a livin anyway I can
Hide your gold and silver before I get to you
Hide your wives and daughters I'll take them too
My father was a begger, my mother was a whore
I was conceived on a dirty wooden floor
I was born with two flintlocks in my hand
I said I am the Highwayman
Chorus
I wear a black patch over my left eye
If you cross me you probably will die
My hair and beard is greasy, no bath for thiry days
If you come my way I'll make you pay
Chorus
I robbed a British officer, shot him till he was dead
Now there's a hundred pounds on my Scottish head
They came after me with soldiers and cavalry in their band
I said I am the Highwayman
Chorus
So when your horse and coach go down the road to Edinborotoon
Have your driver look out by the moon
I'll be waiting with me pistol and claymore in my hand
I'll yell STOP I am the Highwayman
Chorus x2
DIRTY HAGGIS
Miller/Norris
When I was a laddie a longtime ago
I came from a city called Glasgow
Day after Burn's night behind the pub
I saw a beggarman a diggin for his grub
Chorus
I want Dirty Haggis
Oh Oh Oh
I want Dirty Haggis
Oh Oh Oh
As I grew saw him all the time
A lost soul in the street what was his crime
Where was his family what brought him to this life
Did he have children or a lovely wife
Chorus
I became a man goin thru the grind
A stressful life you can lose your mind
My mind drifts back to the beggarman
Did he face the problems that I am
Chorus
I saw in the paper that the beggarman died
Left no family left no one to cry
Went to his grave to play my pipes
To the memory of the Haggis and the beggarman life
Chorus x2
SHILLELAGH FLOGGIN'
Bellner
When I was a young lad back in ole Ireland
My father tried to teach me how to be a man
I learned my lesson well on how I should not be
I still remember how it went here's what he said to me
Chorus
Oh It's Shillelagh Floggin time come on and join the fun
Oh, It's Shillelagh Floggin time it's fun for everyone
When it's Shillelagh Floggin time you'll know just what to do
Shillelagh Floggin time is fun for everyone but you
Well I remember the old days when I was in school
My teacher didn't like me she thought I was a fool
I know she didn't like me for almost every day
She would pull me to the side and this is what she'd say
Chorus
And now I am a man with a wife and children three
I've never been so happy nover thought that this could be
There is one thing about them that I could do without
Everyday when I come home they began to shout
Chorus
Oh I like to sit and wonder when the time will come
And my days alive on Earth ever will be done
I lon for the comfort that my death will bring
So I'll never have to hear those ****** words again!
Chorus x2
TOGETHER FOREVER
Norris
As I look at you, asleep on your pillow
I chase the wisp of hair from your brow, to see closed eye
I lay my face next to yours, and watch you as you sleep
I feel your breath, warm against my cheek
Chorus
Cause you are my sweet love
You and I will be in love
Ah, Ah, Together (Forever)
Ah, Ah, Forever
When you hold my hand, I feel that certain touch
When you kiss my lips, that touch is too much
And when I stand next to you, a chill goes down my spine
And when I'm holding you, I know you're mine
Chorus
(Lead Bridge)
Chorus
SCOTTISH ROSE
Miller/Norris
Chorus
Will she remember me
As I marched off to the war
Will she remember me
As I hear the cannon's roar
I saw the tears go down when the Colonel said to go
She was my bonnie lassie my beautiful Scottish Rose
We sailed for the America to fight the French for our king
I wonder if I'll see her again as I touched our wedding ring
Chorus
We charged with bagpipes and swords our battle flags filled the wind
Then a musket ball hit me I fell in the Pennsylvania glen
As I lay there bleeding and gasping I lost feeling down below
I can see my bonnie lassie my beautiful Scottish Rose
Chorus
Back home in Scotland my wife's heavy with child
As I lay in the forests of America wooded, green and wild
When the baby came he had, he had my eyes was told
Now I know I will be remembered by my beautiful Scottish Rose
Chorus x2
BANSHEE
Miller/Norris
Chorus
She's a Banshee She's after me
She's a Banshee I wanta scream
She's a Banshee I don't know what to do
She's stolen my heart and now she's after you
I saw her on the way to Dublin town
Dancin' along she made no sound
I was mystified by green eyes and brown hair
Now I'm bewitched and I don't care
Chorus
I promised her all the jewels and gold
When she kissed my lips my heart turned cold
Says she love me like no other woman
Caught in her darkness like sinking sand
Chorus
I saw her on the arms of a lad
Dancin' along she's driving me mad
I lunged at him put my knife in his chest
She smiled at me you passed my test
Chorus
I find myself on the hangman's noose
This I did not I did not choose
She saw me and she's laughing at me
Blinded my beauty I could not see
Chorus x2
ROWDY SOUL
Traditional
Chorus
I'm a rowdy soul, I'm a rowdy soul
I don't care whether I work or not
I'm a rowdy soul, a rowdy soul
I don't care whether I work or not
Come here dog and get your bone
Tell me what shoulder do you want it on
Penn off and a penny on
One more load and I'll be gone
Chorus
I didn't plant no corn this year
Didn't plant no beans or tomatores
I didn't plant no corn this year
But damn them Irish potatoes
Chorus
I saw the Captain's coat
Just a hangin up on the wall
I stole the captain's coat
And I wore it to the fancy dress ball
Chorus
Next time I build my house
Gonna build my chimney higher
Mud, dauber, swarm around
Gonna put me out of that fire
Chorus
Pass that jug around dear son
I'll tell you a story
About things with claws that scratch and bite
Like women mean and whorey
Chorus x2
HOMELAND
Miller/Norris
Lookin out acreoss the heather moor
Where I played and I laughed before
Foreced to leave this country so dear
To foreign lands and unknown fears, I miss my
Chorus
Homeland where I was born
Beneath the mountains and the misty shore
Where my father fought and died
Where the sisters and the mothers cry
Watchin the shoreline drop out of sight
Ridin' the waves thru the rainy night
With my wife beneath the ship ropes
Full of love and full of hope , for our
Chorus
In the distance it's America I see
Our new home in the land of the free
Full of bounty no winters of lean
No IRA, no kings or queens
Winter shadows enter into my life
I think of Ireland and all of her strife
When they put me in my grave
I'm so glad it's in America, this is my
Chorus x2
HOMELAND x3
RUN TO THE BATTLE
Norris
As I head into battle with shied and sword and spear
My gallant foe is ready I may lose my life I fear
Today we fight unto they die for country and our home
If I survive when this is over oppressed we''ll be no more
Chorus
And I'll run to the battle to fight unto the end
Yes, I'll run to the battle
God save my soul again
To fight again
A thousand claymores I can muster, Battle cry sounds through the glen
The pipes they gather in clusters when I'm at the head of my men
Bright swords in the sunlight clashing sparks are in the sky
I wear my targe to protect me so I will not die
Chorus
I feel the sword within me
Life pouring from my side
A martyr that I will be
My soul will never die
Chorus x2
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Traditional
In South Australia I was born, heave away, haul away
In South Australia, 'round Cape Horn, bound for South Australia
Chorus:
Haul away you rolling king, heave away, haul away
Haul away, you'll hear me sing, bound for South Australia
As I walked out one morning fair, heave away, haul away
'Twas there I met Miss Nancy Blair, bound for South Australia
Chorus
I shook her up I shook her down, heave away, haul away
Shook her up and down the town, bound for South Australia
Chorus
There one thing that does grieve my mind, heave away, haul away
Leavin' Nancy Blair behind, bound for South Australia
Chorus
As we wallop round Cape Horn, heave away, haul away
Wished to Christ you've never been born, bound for South Australia
Chorus x2
JOHNNY COPE
Traditional
Cope sent a challenge to Dunbar,
Sayin "Charlie meet me if ye daur;
I'll learn ye the airt o' war,
If ye'll meet me here in the mornin."
Chorus
Hey! Johnnie Cope are ye waukin' yet?
Are your drums a-beating yet?
If you were waukin' I wad wait,
Tae gang tae the coals in the mornin. *
When Charlie read the letter upon,
He drew his sword his scabbard from,
Follow me, my merry men,
Meet Johnnie Cope in the mornin.
Chorus
When Johnnie Cope he heard o' this,
He thocht it wouldna be amiss,
Tae hae a horse in readiness,
Tae flee awa in the mornin.
Chorus
Hey fye Johnnie, get up an' rin,
The Hieland bagpipes mak' a din,
Better sleep in a hale o' skin,
It will be a bluidie mornin.
Chorus
When Johnnie Cope tae Berwick cam,
They cried at him, "Where are your men"
The devil confound me gin I ken,
I left them awa in the mornin."
Chorus x2
TROOPER AND THE MAID
Traditional
A trooper lad came here last nicht a ridin`he was weary.
A trooper lad came here last nicht the moon shone bright and clearly
She's ta'en the trooper by the hand an` led him to her chamber,
She`s gave him breid and wine to drink, the wine it was like amber
Chorus
Lassie, I'll lie near ye now lassie, I'll lie near ye,
Far away your ribbons reel, the morning` ere I leave you.
She made her bed baith wide and long, made it like a lady.
She's ta`en her wee coat o'er her heid says, “Trooper, are ye ready?”
He's ta'en off his big top coat likewise his hat and feather
Ta'en his broadsword from his side, now he's down beside her
Chorus
It's when ye come back again my young dear soldier laddie ?
It's when ye come back again you'll be your bairnie's daddy ?
Hold your tongue my bonnie lass don't let this partin grieve ya
When heather cowes grow ousen bowes then I'll come and see ya
Chorus
Verse #1
Chorus x2
