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[Joe Aitken] …but I'm still hoping that they're giving
everybody. Actually my ego was boosted a great deal a fortnight
ago because I wis listenin tae this programme on a Sunday
morning and the presenter let slip that he couldna mind his
national service number. And I thought, oh yes!, cause I wis
too young tae dae ma National Service.
[Robbie Shepherd] Yer up here tae sing, nae
tae fa oot wi me!
[JA] I never mentioned the presenter o the programme.
[laughs]
[RS] Aye, but I ken fa it wis! [laughs]
Mr Joe Aitken of Kirriemuir would like to sing a song for
you!
02
[JA]
Oh eence I wis a sailor lad on leave in London port,
I met another Scotsman there, a richt old fashioned sort,
He asked me o ma traivels wide and lands across the sea,
And when I telt him o my tale he smiled and says tae me.
If ye nivver crossed the Sidderlaw hills or
???,
If ye nivver knew the Sturrock lands wi a it's ancient lore,
If ye nivver seen the early breeze or ?? white we sna,
If ye've nivver been tae Kirrie lad, ye've nivver lived at
a'.
When next oor ship come intae port the toon
wis auld Dundee,
And there as I walked doon the street my London friend I see,
He asked me where I'd lately been upon the rolling main,
And when I telt him o my tale he smiled and says again.
If ye nivver crossed the Sidderlaw hills or
???,
If ye nivver knew the Sturrock lands wi a it's ancient lore,
If ye nivver seen the early breeze or ?? white we sna,
If ye've nivver been tae Kirrie lad, ye've nivver lived at
a'.
So then I crossed the Sidderlaw hills and heid
tae Kirrie toon,
Twas there I met a bonny lass, we wad and settled doon,
I'm noo a plooman in the strath I nivver miss the sea,
But I often bless ma London friend for what he said to me,
If ye nivver crossed the Sidderlaw hills or
???,
If ye nivver knew the Sturrock lands wi a it's ancient lore,
If ye nivver seen the early breeze or ?? white we sna,
If ye've nivver been tae Kirrie lad, ye've nivver lived at
a'.
[Applause.]
03
Dumbarton's the place that
I met Ann McKelvie,
She was walking her dog by the shore,
And there we stood talking while evening was falling,
And I walked her back home to her door.
Do you fancy a night at the dancing wi me,
The band in the toon hall's the finest you'll see,
And if there's no another place you'd raither be,
Then come tae the dance wi me, Annie.
Oh I'll need a few days to consider your proposal,
My mither would have tae consent,
So I left her that night with a kiss on her doorstep,
And back into ?? I went.
Do you fancy a night at the dancing wi me,
The band in the toon hall's the finest you'll see,
And if there's no another place you'd raither be,
Then come tae the dance wi me, Annie.
Oh at last she agreed tae come oot wi me dancing,
We traivelled to Clydebank by train,
On that caul station platform for hours I stood waitin,
But I never saw Annie again.
Do you fancy a night at the dancing wi me,
The band in the toon hall's the finest you'll see,
And if there's no another place you'd raither be,
Then come tae the dance wi me, Annie.
Oh it's oftimes I walk by the banks of the Leven,
And follow its flow tae the Clyde,
And I think o the day spent wi Annie McKelvie,
The lassie wha wounded my pride.
Do you fancy a night at the dancing wi me,
The band in the town hall's the finest you'll see,
If there's no another place you'd rather be,
Then I'll wait at the dance for you, Annie.
[Applause.]
05
[Charlie Allan] I wis affa
pleased tae be asked tae be judged. I think really I've been
comin here since the start, although I hinna been tae them
a. I can safely say that the standard's jist gan up and up
and up! Aye, well particularly the men's bothy ballad, a good
big entry and a tremendous standard and I am particularly
pleased that folk are standing up and singing oot. And eh,
nae tryin tae make too much of a pantomime of the thing, although
with the bothy ballad in particular it's files ??
But eh, anyway, I'm affa impressed, really wi, the most impressive
thing really is that how good the person that was last was.
And that's true in a the classes, I'm quite serious aboot
that, you know we seem tae hae got a tremendous high, high
standard in the competition, which is just grand. But that's
nae tae discourage anybody who thinks they might be worse.
Anyway, one thing that I thought, this is nae really my remit
really, it's more traditional ballad. One criticism of the
singing in general is that eh, I can really only think of
one singer that made any attempt at grace notes, which is
quite extraordinary really. I mean a lot of folk I think spoil
the traditional singing by doing it too much when they canna
dae it affa well, but I think that eh Elizabeth Stewart that
I can think of that really had a go at yon grace notes, at's
yon yodellin notes that thing that some o the fancy singers
dae. Anyway, that would be one reason why in the Ladies Bothy
Ballad I put Elizabeth Stewart first, and Morven Jessiman
for her very spirited performance as usual was second, and
Lorna Alexander made a very, very nice, sweet rendition of
an old song, which I'm nae even sure I've ever heard as a
matter fact! But I've read it often enough, the ?? of Udny.
[Applause.]
The juniors, God strewth, far are we. The juniors, oh I hinna
the richt tickets of course but eh, but the, first wis, what's
Barbara's?? George Barclay was first and eh, oh, a'right,
and Barbara Ann Burnett was second. And at leaves Sarah Simpson
was third. But eh, a very good standard and a very close competition
particularly between the first two. Do you want me to hand
this oot now?
[RS] Aye, let's go back then, Charlie here first,
yer overall winner.
[CA] Daen it a wrang I can see at!
[RS] Na ye hinna. Fa did ye place first in the
ladies?
[CA] Elizabeth Stewart.
[RS] Elizabeth Stewart, so let's…applause.
And this wis your juniors, here's your juniors trophy.
[RS] Oh aye, so that's for George.
[CA] George Barclay. Applause
[RS] So coming to Seniors now.
[CA] Now the seniors, Seniors men. Right, well.
Well I'd a bit o a job wi this. Eh, practically every singer
at come up he wis first for a while, even when Tom Reid came
crawlin up, he's crawled back tae the pub his he? Still hidin
there? Oh well, I penalised him a bit for nae kennin the words,
and ken, and nae kenning fit he wis gan tae sing and the way
that he wis shoudin aboot. [laughs]. We placed Tom third,
so I dinna ken if he comes up for it or no. Right, well second.
Second, I thought a tremendous performance by Gordon Easton,
a late entry, I dinna ken if he should really get his prize.
Ah well, well, we've nithin tae dae wi these other competitions.
So Gordon Easton was second, and eh, ah, jist tremendous like,
'Foreman o Drum' and at's nae gien him ony marks for the splendid
duet with young Aitken. Now, far's my, oh aye, well my first
prize, now I canna even see fit the, what I've written here.
I've written a great lot of stuff about what a great performance
was, that I canna tell the rest o ye, cause it's written on
his ticket. Em, my first, em my first prize winner and the
proud owner for one year only, I hope he's got a wife at's
good at polishin--Pete Shepherd. Applause.
[RS] Right, so that's it then.
Thank you Charlie, Charlie Allan.
[Applause.]
06
[Doris Rougvie] I canna stress enough the fact that they hid
tae move fae one competition to another.
[DR] From the start with the juniors, I would
like to say at this point that it's, at the end of the day
it's always a personal choice with the judging and I've got
my broomstick outside ready to go, when you don't agree….
[RS] Never mind the flannel, jist get on wi
it.
[DR] I placed second equal in the juniors, George
Barclay and Sarah Simpson and first to Barbara Ann Burnett.
Applause.
[??] And the ladies, I'm not going to read out
all things I've written. Lorna Alexander second, and first
Elizabeth Stewart.
[Applause; tape faint]
[DR] For the men, traditional song, third Hamish
Lipp, second Tam Reid, and first Gordon Easton. [Applause.]
[RS] So who's makin the adjudication. There's
one more to go. Because I've got a trophy in my hand here,
and this is for the best overall between the two. Have you
decided between the two of you. Charlie could you come back
and tell us best overall, because you've been in with us all
afternoon the two of you.
[CA] There's a trophy for it?
[RS] Yes there is.
[CA] Fit is't. A puddock? Looks like a black
puddock. [laughs] It's a mannie lookin at his dog.
[RS] Shepherd of the hills. [laughs]
[CA] Well, eh, [laughs] we considered long and
hard about this and finally decided that Gordon Easton had
won plenty [laughs] and so our adjudication is in favour of
really a very beautiful who has one of the purest voices and
best pitch that we've heard today, I think without a chAllange
and that is Barbara Ann Burnett. Applause.
[RS] Thank you very much, as Doris said, it's
the individual choice of the judges, but a festival is a festival
and that's what we're here for to enjoy the rest of the evening
as well. And to give us a wee bit of breathing space before
we come back to the prize winners concert, not only from here
but from all the different venues in Strichen. My thanks and
our thanks to Charlie Allan.
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