Hi Folks,
Cafe Ceilidh returns to St Colms, Dalry Road next Tuesday (26th). Times as usual 1.15pm (doors 1pm) - 3.30pm and there's no particular theme for this one so anything goes (within reason that is!). All SMG students, friends and listeners very welcome.
Hope to see you there,
Anne
Great to hear that Cafe Caleerie is still going strong and that Scots song is flourishing......
"Oor Scots tradition, so ye say,
Rude, rosy health enjoys.
It’s juist the kin o stuff tae play
Tae be yin o the boys!
But whae will heed the desperate cry,
“How long o Lord, how long!”?
Whae fickle fashion will defy,
An sing a guid Scots song?
Alas, ma friends, ye’ve sadly erred,
Ye’re blind, deif, an complacent.
For Scots song noo is hardly heard,
An doon tae deith has hastened.
If tae some folk club ye repair,
An sit doon in the middle,
Ye’ll find fifteen fanatics there,
Each sawin at a fiddle.
Or else ye’ll find the sorry pass
In cosy howffs an bars,
Where bluegrass boys descend en masse
Wi banjos an guitars.
When young folk gaither tae explore
Their so-called Celtic roots,
For ’oors they’ll tootle, wheep, an bore
Wi whistles, pipes, an flutes.
As in a race they’ll up the pace
Wi furious frantic finger;
But ye’ll find green men fae outer space
Afore ye’ll find a singer!
Sae keep yer gaitherins in yer pubs,
Yer ceilidhs an yer sessions.
I yaisually come hame fae yer clubs
In the deepest o depressions.
The Deevil take musicians aw,
An waste their reeds an strings!
Deil blast them aw that strum an blaw,
But spare the boy that sings!"
I agree, JAJ, it's great. People like you, Trish and Anne are what it's all about, and I take my hat off to you.
Good song, John, would like to get the tune for it (or have I had it already, according to you?!)
Nice that Girvan Festival responded to last year's lament by a certain SK of "nae place tae sing" and got another pub (The Vaults) on board, who were very welcoming and keen to support the festival.
You'll not be surprised to know that this song doesn't really represent my own sentiments even although I actually like to listen to singing from time to time.
However, you can hear the song and get the lyrics from Davie Robertson's website...
http://www.davierobertson.co.uk/songs.html