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01
[singing]
[JT] I wid think mysel at hame
For aince I hid a sweetheart, but now I've got nane.
Over hills and through valleys, how often I
roam,
Through brambles and brushwood, myself all alone,
Through hedges, aye, and ditches, and dark nights and clear,
I have wandered fae Udny tae visit my dear.
Oh it's nae the lang journey at I hae tae gang,
It's nae the lang road at vexes me so,
It's a leavin o Udny, and a loved one behind,
Oh Udny, bonny Udny, ye're aye on my mind.
[poor tape quality]
It was on a certain Sunday that me and my love
met,
That ??? on the Monday ???
And to spile my eyes fae cryin, fit a fool I wid be,
She's gone tae court another, let her go where will she.
A the lads aboot Udny, they're a rovin blades,
They ??? and courtin fair maids,
Tak them aye and kiss them and spend their money free,
Oh a' the lands in bonny Scotland, bonny Udny for me.
Oh we'll drink and be merry, we'll drink and
gang hame,
But if we bide ony langer, we'll get a bad name,
And tae get a bad name, aye and fill oorsels fu,
Bit the lang walks o Udny we've aye tae gang through.
[laughs]
[JT] It's a, I started on a high note. At's
a high. Aye, it is quite a bit high.
[JT] Now I'll sing with my harmonium, is een
now and see if er,???, and see fit like I sing here.
02
[plays electric organ; sings]
Oh Udny, bonny Udny.
[JT] No, it's nae gang richt, wait a mintie…
Oh Udny, bonny Udny, you're aye on my mind,
An the more my hairt ??? the more my hairt yearns,
But if I wis in Udny, I wid think mysel at hame,
Oh it's there I've got a sweetheart but here I've got none.
Over hills and through valleys, of often I've
gone,
Through hedges and ditches and dark night and clear,
Through hedges aye and ditches myself all alone,
I have wandered tae Udny tae visit my dear.
Oh it's nae the lang journey that I hae tae
gang,
It's nae the lang road that vexes me so,
It's a leavin o Udny, and the loved ones behind,
Oh Udny, oh bonny Udny, ye're aye in my mind.
Oh we'll drink and be merry, we'll drink and
gang hame,
For if we bide muckle langer, we'll get a bad name,
And tae get a bad name lad, aye and fill oursels fu,
And it's the lang walks o Udny aye tae gang through.
[JT] Noo I hinna got it toned doon richt ye
see. Fit like's at? Eh?
[PS] Good.
[JT] Ye like at?
[PS] Yes.
[JT] Nae the richt tone. [plays] I don't know.
[PS] It's not quite right is it.
03
[JT] You've got to get it in the right tone. At's it. I'll
let ye hear me sing a modren, well nae a modren. [Sings.]
Oh my love is like a red, red rose, at's newly
sprung in June,
My love is like a melody, at newly played in tune,
Oh fare ye well my bonny love, oh fare ye well my dearie,
Oh I'll come back again my love fin a' the seas gang dry.
??? and a' my love, till a' the seas gang dry,
I'll come again my love, till a' the seas gang dry;
Oh fare ye well my bonny dear, oh fare ye well my dearie,
I'll come back again, my love, till a' the seas gang dry.
Oh my love is like a red, red rose that's newly
sprung in June,
My love is like a melody, that's newly played in tune;
Fare ye well my bonny love, oh fare ye well my dearie,
I'll come back again my love, till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry my love, till a'
the seas gang dry,
I will come again my love, till a' the seas are dry.
Oh I'll come back again my love though it were
ten thousand miles,
Though it were ten thousand miles my love, an it were ten
thousand miles,
I'll come again my love, though it were ten thousand miles.
[JT] Ye like at [laughs]
[PS] Very good.
[JT] I think I'm doing it but. [laughs]. It's
great isn't it. The sing song. Billy now, he, if I sing in
front of him, I've tae put aff the damn thing in front o him
because he, he ??? ye ken, hearin his mother singin. [laughs]
I says, god almichty min, get a hud o a accordion or somethin,
or get somethin and play it, I says, and change yer tune min
a bit. [laughs] He's an affa loon. Ye like at noo. Anither,
anither song.
04
[Plays.] I'll give ye a
modren one.
Have you ever been lonely, have you ever been
blue,
Have you ever loved someone as I love you,
???
Have you ever been lonely, have your ever been blue.
Be a little forgiving, take me back in your heart,
Watch me ?? forever, when we're apart,
If you knew what I went through, then you know that I love
you,
Have you ever been lonely, have you ever been blue,
Have you ever been lonely, have you ever been blue.
05
[JT] Eh. There's sometimes
play a lot o the wartime ones and a when we were younger,
ye ken.
Jealous heart, jealous heart keep beatin,
Can't you see the damage you have done,
You've gone and gone away for ever,
Jealous heart now I'm the only one.
Your memories keep on hauntin me,
And I have loved you from the start,
Jealous heart, keep beatin,
For you, for you oh jealous heart….
[JT] Ken at?
[PS] No.
06
[JT] It's all over my jealousy,
But my heart was ??? for you,
And all ever knew that your love was true,
Ooooooh, oooooh.
You're giving all your kisses to me and now it's too late,
I could see, for the heart ???,
And it's all over my jealousy.
??? with desire for you,
??? you thought your love was true,
Ooooooh, oooooh;
Would you give a yer kisses tae me,
And now it's too late, I could see,
??? nae wonder I lost you,
And it's all over my jealousy.
[JT] At's the kinda songs I, my voice wis made
for at, I think, ye know. [laughs] I ken, but eh. Nae soondin
richt. Great though is it.
[PS] It is.
[JT] Na, come on.
07
[PS] What about 'Banks o
Red Roses'.
[JT] Oh. It's nae tunin richt somewey or ither.
Too loud ye see, if I could get it doon a bit. A different
tone a the gither ye know. Tunes up organ. Oh I'm singin great
the day onywey.
[PS] Sounds alright.
[JT]
On the banks o red roses, my love and I sat doon,
And Johnny took oot his fiddle for tae play his love a tune,
In the middle o the tune, his love set doon and cried,
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, dinna leave me.
When I wis a young thing, I heard ma mammy
say,
That before I wid work, I wid raither gang and play,
Oh before I wid work, I wid raither gang and play,
Where my Johnny, oh my Johnny and reid rosies.
Johnny took his sweetheart oh jist for a walk,
Johnny took his sweetheart and stabbed her in the heart,
Johnny took his sweetheart and stabbed her in the heart,
And he's left her lying there beneath reid rosies.
Oh fan I wis a young thing, oh I heard my mammy
say,
That before I wid work, I wid raither gang and play,
Before I wid work, I wid raither gang and play,
Where my Johnny, oh my Johnny and reid rosies
Noo Johnny's took the high road, howkin at
a grave,
Johnny's took the high road, howkin wi a spade,
Oh, Johnny's took the high road, howkin wi a spade
And he's left her lyin there beneath reid rosies.
When I wis a young thing, I heard my mammy
say,
That before I wid work, I wid raither gang and play,
When I was a young thing I heard my mammy say
[End of Side A.]
[JT] [singing] …and reid rosies.
[JT] Ye like at! [laughs] I dinna ken. Am I
singin a' richt, I don't know.
[PS] Yes, yes.
[JT] Eh?
[TM] Coming right.
[PS] Tell me, I, there's a part of that song
that goes
…O Johnny lovely Johnny, oh that grave
is no for me,
Oh yes my lovely Jeannie, that your bridal bed shall be,
Oh yes my lovely Jeannie, that your bridal bed shall be,
By the bonny, bonny banks o red roses.
[PS] Have you heard that bit of it before.
[JT] That's my mither's old song. No. No, like
enough I hinna picked it up. I don't know. My mother …
At' s my mother's old songs ye ken.m
[PS] No I just wondered, because I think, I
think I heard that verse of it from old Davie.
08
[JT] Aye, and my granny used
tae sing that. My granny was Irish. God she kent a lot o the
old Irish songs eh. I think at's far, well my mother kent
a lot o her songs ye see and at and eh, and then through my
mother that I ken a lot o the songs and a. I've heaps and
heaps of songs. And I write them down, and I, there's songs
coming in my mind now that I hinna heard for year! And I'll
sit down and I'll sing it and I'll say, oh my god I'll forget
about it, and I'll hae tae write it doon. So I write it down
tae keep me in mind, and then I wonder, I'll sit a whilie
and I'll say I wonder what it wis noo, what wis it singin
the day that lovely song at come in my head, and then I've
tae gae awa and look and I mind on it ye ken. Wonderful, keeps
ye happy singin, ken, keeps ye happy.
09
[JT] [Plays]
Come bring tae me a pint o wine,
An fill it in a silver tassie,
That I may drink afore I go,
??? my bonny lassie.
[More here, but obscured by organ.]
And I must leave my bonny lassie,
Oh come bring to me a pint o wine,
And fill it in a silver tassie,
And I maun drink afore I go,
??? my bonny lassie.
10
[JT] I try a' different songs just for my voice. I'm nae a
special singer. I try my voice, a sang that will go with my
voice. Ken, and at. and eh, I used tae hae a great voice when
I wis a young quine.
[PS] Do you sometimes try different pitches.
[JT] Aye, different tones, aye. So I tried is
tone, is is a new tone at I'm playin the day, and I thought
god I'm singin fine on that tone and it's not usually at tone
that I eh, that I sing in, but I find that I'm singin well
with it ye ken. And I could sing eh, I know a lot o the cornkisters
and a, ye ken. The.. aye, eh. [11] You min,
div you min on my husband Cameron.
[PS] Oh aye yes.
[JT] He was a fairm servant, kinda guy, little
kinda guy. Ken, and little like me, I'm little and a. And
I learned a lot o his songs and I used tae sing along wi him,
ken, the bothy ballad songs and at, and god whit happy days.
But noo ye see, yer nae the same when you go away far away
tae festivals on your own now, if there's someone wi ye, yer
aright. I got this woman tae come wi me mebbe some time to
some festival, I might go, and my friend at comes doon tae
see me, see. Ken, if ye, the singin's aye in my heid yet ye
ken, ach, aye keeps ye happy. And I ken a lot o Harry Lauder
sangs and a. I wis singin eh, oh my god, fan I gaed tae that
festival.
[12]
[TM] Stonehaven.
[JT] Eh? Stonehaven aye. I hid them a goin ye
ken. And I wis wind up, well I wind up! Cause well it took
me a wee whilie ere I come tae masel, ye ken, bein there and
nae gan oot a lot and a lot ye ken. I wis a wee bittie ken
nae richt in the singin first of a. My god when I seen them
a clappin for me, and, and like ma singin and at, I got goin,
passin on. My god, my song. I hid them a going and they were
a encorin me and cairryin on, and hid them all singin wi me
and that, great. And I wis happy wi them. God, I would go
back ere, bit I'd come home all night, I wouldnae like tae
bide awa a night fae the hoose. I would go till a festival
at I could get hame, ye see. But I did like Stonehaven, it
was really marvellous. And I sung well and a', but I hinner
en, Peter Hall, he says, sing a nice jolly one, Jane. We'll
have Jane to sing a nice jolly song. An I've sung it, an God,
I sung a good song. An at the hinner en he. Well how about
we sing another one, and they're a happy. And were a singin
wi me, god aye, feels wonderful, I enjoyed mysel at nicht.
I would fairly ging back till it again, Stonehaven. What do
you think o my singin?
[PS] Oh fine.
[JT] Eh?
13
[PS] Oh I've liked your singing for years. But you're singing,
you are obviously singing fine here too. Where's the pedal
organ that you have, where's that now?
[JT] Oh my pedal organ, it's jist in ma roomie,
it's eh, it's eh, once I get ma bed put ben, when the room's
aired ye ken, I can put ben ma sofa again, and eh my old organ
I'll tak it ben. And eh I don't know what I'm going to do
with getting things shifted. They put this heater in the wrong
place. I hid ma dresser ower ere, and I hid ma ither organ
ower there. Well they come and put this big heaters in and
I hid tae put ither organ ben the hoose ye see. Come and go
again.
14
Have a go at it.
[Plays]
Just let me call you sweetheart, I'm in love
with you.
Let me hear you whisper that you love me true.
Keep the home fires burnin in your eyes so blue,
Just let me call you sweetheart, I'm in love with you.
Just let me call you sweetheart, I'm in love
with you,
Let me hear you whisper that you love me too,
Keep the home fires burnin in your eyes so blue,
Just let me call you sweetheart I'm in love with you.
In her eyes there was moonlight, in her hair
was a rose,
In my arms there was not one, I just put here there[??]
I live for the promise, eyes that were shining
So kindly awake ??? with the scent of a rose in her hair.
[JT] Ye ken at een?
In the eyes there was moonlight, in her hair
was a rose,
My arms there was no one, I just put her there[???]
I live for the promise, her eyes they were shinin,
??? wi the scent of a rose in her hair,
??? I'm at home with the scent of a rose in her hair.
Let me call you sweetheart I 'm in love wi
you,
Let me hear you whisper that you love me true.
Keep the home fires burnin in your eyes so blue,
Just let me call you sweetheart I'm in love with you.
I wanna go home, I wanna go home,
??? do whistle, the cannon do roar,
I don't want to go to the trenches no more,
Take me over the sea, oh ma I'm too young to die,
I wanna go home.
Ramona, I hear the mission bells above,
Ramona, to you ??? the song of love,
I caress you and bless you, I bless the day you told me to
care,
And always remember the ramblin rose you wore in your hair.
Ramona, one day ??? I'll hear your call,
Ramona, we'll meet beside the waterfall,
I bless the day when I arrived to find you there,
Ramona I need you, my own.
Oh, oh Antonio, he's went away,
Left me all alone-io, all upon my own-io,
I would love to meet him with his new sweetheart,
Oh, oh Antonio and his icecream cart.
Oh, oh Antonio, he's went away
Left me all alone-io, all upon my own-io
I would love to meet him with his new sweetheart
Oh, oh Antonio and his icecream cart.
[Sings and diddles 'The Irish piggie.']
15
[JT] Do you like at now, eh!
I entertain ye's divn't I! I'm in the mood ye see, and when
I'm not in the mood for singin, I canna. It's queer in't it,
my hairt's nae in it ye see, the hairt's ???.
[PS] Do you play on your piano much at all?
[JT] Eh?
[PS] Do you play on your piano much?
[JT] Aye, but it's needin, it's needin tunin.
16
[sings]
Afore at I be tyrannized as I this file hae
been,
I'd raither run fae here tae Birse wi paes in baith ma sheen,
I'd raither die for the want o bread than die for want o love,
And it's a' because Mcfarlane mairried Susie.
Noo Susie's drunken faither and I can nae agree,
Aye fin I gaed ower the howe, he'd haud his dog at me,
I sent ma freen Mcfarlane for tae see whit he could dee,
Mcfarlane o the Sprotts o Burnieboozie.
Oh I dinna like Mcfarlane, it's affa bit it's
true,
I dinna like Mcfarlane an is humpy back,
He's soft as ony goblin an slittery like a skate,
Mcfarlane fae the Sprotts o Burnieboozie.
Afore at I be tyrannized, as I this file hae been,
I'd raither run fae here tae Birse wi paes in baith ma sheen,
I'd raither die for the want o bread than die for want o love,
And it's a' because Mcfarlane mairried Susie.
[diddles]
Noo Susie's drunken faither and I can nae agree
Aye fin I gaed ower the howe he'd haud his dog at me
I sent ma fee McFarlane for tae see whit he could dae
McFarlane and the Sproats o Burnieboozie
plays
Noo Susie's drunken faither and I can nae agree,
Aye fin I gaed ower the howe, he'd haud his dog at me,
I sent ma freen Mcfarlane for tae see whit he could dae,
Mcfarlane o the Sprotts o Burnieboozie.
17
[JT] Like at! [laughs] Eh! Oh I don't know. It's wonderful
is it tae hae a sing song, it maks ye happy. Well ye should
hear me some days, when I'm in the mood like in the hoose
here, and eh, I shuts a the doors, I dinna want folk tae hear
me ye ken. And I sit and I play if I'm on the mood for playin
and eh, ony, somebody'll mebbe, if I ging oot the door, God
I heard ye playin, good, stood and listened tae hear ye singing,
god yer a good singer! I says, oh my god, I shut a the doors
and windaes, I dinna want folk tae hear me!
18
[Sings]
Floo'er o the heather, she's my heather belle,
And I know she knows I love her more than I can tell;
Ah but she's bonny and as sweet as the floo'er in the dell,
Floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather belle.
Oh I went for a drink wi the Hielans when the
weather was bonny in bloom,
And a lad by the name o MacGregor I chanced tae settle me
doon.
floo'er o the heather, aye ye're my heather
belle,
And I know she knows I love her more than I can tell;
Oh but she's bonny as sweet as the floo'er in the dell,
Oh floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather belle.
floo'er o the heather, aye ye're my heather
belle,
And I know she knows I love her more than I can tell;
Oh but she's bonny as sweet as the floo'er in the dell,
Oh floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather belle.
Oh I went for a drink wi the Hielans when the
weather was bonny in bloom,
There wis a lad by the name o MacGregor an he chanced tae
settle me doon.
floo'er o the heather, aye ye're my heather
belle,
And I know she knows I love her more than I can tell;
Oh but she's bonny as sweet as the floo'er in the dell,
Oh floo'er o the heather, ye're my heather belle.
[JT] Ye like at! Ye like at now! [laughs] I'm
in the mood ye see for singin, noo I could sing aright the
night, but be in the morn I couldnae sing for tippence! And
eh, well some o my songs, and eh, other songs I try and I
try my voice to go, you know. Spanish way, something like
at, something different nae Scotch! [laughs] What is't again?
[Hums to tune.]
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