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Even Scots who have never left Scotland need a song of longing to return to it! This is mine. As a Dundee lad the Angus countryside was where I often went as a kid to get out of the city. So, this song is about my bit of countryside.
Again Jim Reid’s tune fits Violet Jacob’s poem perfectly.
There is just something about this song for stirring up memories of Scotland: I don’t think I’ve ever sung it here in New Zealand without a Scot coming up afterwards to say it brought tears to their eyes (and I choose to believe that it’s the song and not my singing).
lyrics
“Oh tell me fit was on yer road, ye roarin Norland wind?
As ye come blawin frae the land that's never frae ma mind.
Ma feet they traivel England but I'm deein for the North.”
“Ma man, I saw the siller tides rin up the Firth o Forth.”
“Aye wind, I ken them weel eneuch an fine they fa and rise,
And fain I'd feel the creepin mist on yonder shore that lies.
But tell me as ye pass them by, fit saw ye on the way?”
“Ma man, I rocked the rovin gulls that sail abin the Tay.”
“Bit saw ye naethin leein wind afore ye come tae Fife?
For there's muckle lyin 'yont the Tay that's mair tae me nor life.”
“Ma man, I swept the Angus braes that ye hivna trod for years.”
“Oh wind, forgie a hameless loon that canna see for tears.”“
“And far abin the Angus straths I saw the wild geese flee,
A lang, lang skein o beatin wings wi their heids toward the sea,
And aye their cryin voices trailed ahint them on the air.”
“Oh wind, hae mercy, haud your wheesht for I daurna listen mair.”
credits
from Bring out the Banners,
released March 11, 2019
Copyright – SpringThyme Music | Arranged – Paul Brown, Quintin Campbell, Jean Reid and Roy Murray | Words – Violet Jacob | Tune – Jim Reid | Harmonica – Roy Murray |Mandolin – Quintin Campbell | Guitar – Jean Reid and Paul Brown | Vocals – Paul Brown
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