See iss? Atween ma fingers.
Aye, a wee fiddle pleyin ye th waurl's saddest tune!
(Yeese aw see whit A huv tae pit up wi oan iss leet? Ach)
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I stand corrected. And thank you Bruce, for finally getting me to go to
your website. I have never seen a more varied collection of the rarities
and treasures of traditional music of the olden times.
To all others on the list, if you're looking for an old song, start with Bruce.
And to Br
tom hall wrote:
>
> Hail andrew, et al,
>
> I assume that you're referring to "John Anderson, My Jo", by Burns.
>
> The version he wrote for the Merry Muses of Caledonia does suggest that he
> was a piper. To wit:
>
> To see your hurdies fyke, John,
> And hit the rising blow:
> It's then I lik
tom hall wrote:
>
> Hail andrew, et al,
>
> I assume that you're referring to "John Anderson, My Jo", by Burns.
>
> The version he wrote for the Merry Muses of Caledonia does suggest that he
> was a piper. To wit:
>
> To see your hurdies fyke, John,
> And hit the rising blow:
> It's then I lik
Hail andrew, et al,
I assume that you're referring to "John Anderson, My Jo", by Burns.
The version he wrote for the Merry Muses of Caledonia does suggest that he
was a piper. To wit:
To see your hurdies fyke, John,
And hit the rising blow:
It's then I like your chanter-pipe,
John Anderson, my
I have some infomation that suggets that the John Anderson referred to in the
famous song was "supposed to have been the town piper of Kelso and a very gay
dog". Could anyone elaborate on this? Was Anderson a historical figure, and
what might he have done to be remembered as a "very gay dog"?
