a partnership that can never be replaced they were and still are the best in the world barr none i love this song i had the plesure of hearing them sing it live , my brothers and i used to sing this to our mother and father brings back so many memories.
my Mom,(Irish decent, Kinsella) from Wishaw, Scotland and Dad,( Welsh/ Irish decent, Farr/Fox) from Larkhall,Scotland used to sing this to us kids after they brought us to the Canadian North tundra,(Labrador).... my Dad was a traveling man of the RAF who served in Wales,Spain,England,Iraq, and Egypt.... it was powerful to hear them sing in perfect harmony...i was very, very lucky!!!... i miss them!!.... Tiocfaidh ar la mo chara!!
When ye gang awa', Jamie Far across the sea, laddie, When ye gang to Germanie, What will ye send to me, laddie? I'll send ye a braw new gown, Jeanie, I'll send ye a braw new gown, lassie, And it shall be o' silk and gowd, Wi' Valenciennes a' round, lassie. That's nae gift ava, Jamie, Oh that's nae gift ava, laddie, There's ne'er a gown in a' the land, I'd like when ye're awa, laddie. Your eyes were like a spell, Jeanie, Your eyes were like a spell, lassie, That ilka day bewitch'd me sae, I couldna help mysel', lassie. Gae back to your wife and hame, Jamie, Gae back to your bairnies three, laddie, And I will pray they ne'er may have A broken heart like me, laddie. Dry that tearfu' e'e, Jeanie, My story's a' a lie, lassie, I've neither wife nor bairnies three, And I'll wed but thee, lassie. Think weel before ye rue, Jamie, Think weel for fear ye rue, laddie; For I ha'e neither gow'd nor land, To be a match for you laddie. Blair in Athol's mine, Jeanie, Little Dunkeld is mine, lady, St. Johnstoun's bower, and Huntingtower, And a' that's mine is thine lassie.
I'd just like to respond to cindybambini,listen to the slow version of Lowlands of Holland where Ronnie sings and tell me that's the same as everyone! I agree that Roy had a more magical voice,however Ronnies range is magnificent,his harmonising is quality, rarely found today.The difference in both voices were a perfect combination,Ronnies voice is more rugged but at the same time still beautiful,whether he sings low or high,that's my opinion anyway.They are greatly missed :(
Gooblepie & cindybambini: Ronnie's voice is better than Roy's in an absolute sense. Roy had lifelong asthma; also, according to his daughter Karen in her book "'Flower of Scotland'", he smoked about 40 cigarettes a day,. Given these facts, it's a wonder to me he sang even as well as he did. Also, cindybambini, "unique"-meaning "one of a kind-does not need the modifier "very" in front of it. Cheers.
Everyone always says Ronnie sang so beautifully...he does, don't get me wrong, but he sang like everyone else, nothing special....Roy's voice on the other hand, in my opinion, was much better. He sounded very unique, I've never heard anyone else sing like him before....his voice is absolutely haunting & beautiful.... RIP Roy
Hadn't realised it until listening to this again - the pattern of the laddie/lady thing and the Huntingtower tune is very similar to a ballad I found in the Greig-Duncan collection and recorded - Ritchie Storey (I've not found any mainstream recording of this but there are thousands of songs and many alternative tunes in the nine volumes of that collection). sclk.co/sfbv9
Well because of the places named, it must be about a Duke of Atholl. But the only James that married a Jean was the second Duke in 1749 and he was 50 at the time and she was hardly from a poor family
The beautiful thing about these two is they sang songs that brought memories back to the listeners.
a partnership that can never be replaced they were and still are the best in the world barr none i love this song i had the plesure of hearing them sing it live , my brothers and i used to sing this to our mother and father brings back so many memories.
One of favourites. They were great weren't they.
my Mom,(Irish decent, Kinsella) from Wishaw, Scotland and Dad,( Welsh/ Irish decent, Farr/Fox) from Larkhall,Scotland used to sing this to us kids after they brought us to the Canadian North tundra,(Labrador).... my Dad was a traveling man of the RAF who served in Wales,Spain,England,Iraq, and Egypt.... it was powerful to hear them sing in perfect harmony...i was very, very lucky!!!... i miss them!!.... Tiocfaidh ar la mo chara!!
Dad and Mum sang this as a duet when we three sons were just laddies .
What a wonderful song and performance.
When ye gang awa', Jamie
Far across the sea, laddie,
When ye gang to Germanie,
What will ye send to me, laddie?
I'll send ye a braw new gown, Jeanie,
I'll send ye a braw new gown, lassie,
And it shall be o' silk and gowd,
Wi' Valenciennes a' round, lassie.
That's nae gift ava, Jamie,
Oh that's nae gift ava, laddie,
There's ne'er a gown in a' the land,
I'd like when ye're awa, laddie.
Your eyes were like a spell, Jeanie,
Your eyes were like a spell, lassie,
That ilka day bewitch'd me sae,
I couldna help mysel', lassie.
Gae back to your wife and hame, Jamie,
Gae back to your bairnies three, laddie,
And I will pray they ne'er may have
A broken heart like me, laddie.
Dry that tearfu' e'e, Jeanie,
My story's a' a lie, lassie,
I've neither wife nor bairnies three,
And I'll wed but thee, lassie.
Think weel before ye rue, Jamie,
Think weel for fear ye rue, laddie;
For I ha'e neither gow'd nor land,
To be a match for you laddie.
Blair in Athol's mine, Jeanie,
Little Dunkeld is mine, lady,
St. Johnstoun's bower, and Huntingtower,
And a' that's mine is thine lassie.
Lovely!!
so talented and like flower of Scotland don't know if we'll see there like again
I'd just like to respond to cindybambini,listen to the slow version of Lowlands of Holland where Ronnie sings and tell me that's the same as everyone! I agree that Roy had a more magical voice,however Ronnies range is magnificent,his harmonising is quality, rarely found today.The difference in both voices were a perfect combination,Ronnies voice is more rugged but at the same time still beautiful,whether he sings low or high,that's my opinion anyway.They are greatly missed :(
Gooblepie & cindybambini: Ronnie's voice is better than Roy's in an absolute sense. Roy had lifelong asthma; also, according to his daughter Karen in her book "'Flower of Scotland'", he smoked about 40 cigarettes a day,. Given these facts, it's a wonder to me he sang even as well as he did. Also, cindybambini, "unique"-meaning "one of a kind-does not need the modifier "very" in front of it. Cheers.
I use to listen to this when i was a little fella
Everyone always says Ronnie sang so beautifully...he does, don't get me wrong, but he sang like everyone else, nothing special....Roy's voice on the other hand, in my opinion, was much better. He sounded very unique, I've never heard anyone else sing like him before....his voice is absolutely haunting & beautiful.... RIP Roy
Hadn't realised it until listening to this again - the pattern of the laddie/lady thing and the Huntingtower tune is very similar to a ballad I found in the Greig-Duncan collection and recorded - Ritchie Storey (I've not found any mainstream recording of this but there are thousands of songs and many alternative tunes in the nine volumes of that collection). sclk.co/sfbv9
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Does any one know exactly what the song is about , I'm guessing it's about the thirty year war on the continent but I'm not sure
Well because of the places named, it must be about a Duke of Atholl. But the only James that married a Jean was the second Duke in 1749 and he was 50 at the time and she was hardly from a poor family