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[JT] [Sings, playing electronic organ, various tunes, not
all words.]
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I like pittin my voice like
at, I try everything tae get the voice going. I used tae be
a very high singer, but I'm not so high now. I try to go up
ye ken. I min when ma mother used tae, ye ken, when I gaed
over the road to her mebbe till her eh, she'd a piano and
I'd a piano. My mother couldn't play the piano, she wisnae,
she played the pipes my mother, she played the pipes and she
played the chanter an a.
[PS] One song of yours Jane I was thinking of
earlier today, was 'My Wee Dog.' Do you want to try that one?
[JT] Oh, god. Ye've heard me singin it!
[PS] Oh aye, of course.
[JT] And I wis tellin ye the story now, and
eh, what wis I sayin again aboot is song, it's gone oot o
ma heid a bit now, and eh. Oh it'll come back again, I've
forgotten't. I wis gan tae tell ye story aboot eh the, ma
mither ken, oh aye. I would ging ower tae her, and I would,
see this I see the piano, I'm playin the piano ye ken ma mither's
one, ower in her hoose. And I starts playin the piano and
en, I used tae sing very, very high and ma mither wid chime
in singin wi me ken, and she says, I canna ging up! Canna
ging up, like at ye see, yer ower high! Yer too high! Laughs.
But eh, I used tae ging high up singin, but eh I don't think
I could go up so high now. I go up certain distance, but not
so high as what I used tae be. I used tae, I used tae sing
along wi Gracie Fields records, and the voice go way up, ken.
I used to sing like that, and Red Sails in the Sunset, and
a her songs I used tae sing, and at. And then I got intae
the yodellin songs an a, and at, god I hinna tried a yodellin
for a while. I mebbe canna yodel ava noo. Laughs. Anither
one. Wait a mintie now, I'll sing e 'Wee Dog.'
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When the red, red robin goes, bob, bob, bobbing along
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[JT] At's nae the key for
singin ma Wee Doggie. It's a kinda a high…
[Plays electric organ; sings various verses,
trying for the right key.]
[JT] Em, it's a high song at, and at's ma granny's
song. See if I get ma key now. I been playin a different key
this whilie. Na. Na.
[PS] Doesn't matter anything you like.
[TM] Just try it without the organ.
[JT] [Plays electric organ.]
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[JT] Fit aboot yer accordion
now, and we'll play a tunie the gither. One tunie. Oh it's
beautiful. [Accordion and electric organ together. JT hums
the tune.]
[JT] And eh, ony ither tune now like at. Eh….
[Accordion and electric organ together. JT hums the tune.]
[JT] Now eh, see we're getting intae a tune
now. [Accordion and electric organ together. JT hums the tune.]
[JT] Ah great, ye heard at on the tapie. Ye'll
be listenin tae till't the nicht. And when you come ower again,
ye'll let me hear it. Will ye.
[TM] Oh yes, I'll make a copy for you.
[JT] Ye'll let me hear it, aye. But really,
I'm enjoyin masel the nicht. Honest to god, I winna sleep
the nicht. I winna, I love it, I love it. Ony ither tune noo,
at's the ???, whit's the ither een.
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[TM] 'The Gallowa Hills?'
[JT] Did you ken ony, eh, it's a pipe tune I
want. [Hums to self; accordion and electric organ together.]
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[JT hums the tune; plays.]
[JT]
It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to Tipperary,
To the sweetest girl I know.
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell tae Leicester Square,
It's a long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's still there.
It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long, long way to go,
It's a long way to Tipperary,
To the sweetest girl I know.
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell tae Leicester Square,
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
My heart's still there.
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag,
And smile, smile, smile,
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag,
Smile boys if you can.
What is the use of worrying,
It's never worth the while,
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag,
And smile, smile, smile.
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag,
And smile, boys smile,
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag,
Smile boys if you can.
What is the use of worrying,
It's never worth the while,
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag,
And smile, smile, smile.
[JT] Bloody good, eh! Ye'll hae something tae
listen till the nicht, eh. Ye'll say at's at ?? a cairry-on.
A feel auld bugger o a woman.
[TM] That's what folk come here for, a carry
on.
[PS] Carry on, yes.
[JT] And the accordion, the accordion goes great
an a dis it! It's eh, the button, eh key melodeon. Well, a
lot o ower folk used tae play is, but nae the accordion. Debbie
played it, ma auntie Debbie, and eh, ma mither's two cousins,
there wis Charlie Hutchison and there wis, Debbie, Debbie
Stewart, anither Debbie Stewart. And there wis ane a Charlie,
there wis Charlie and there wis Davie, and ma mither's brother
they a played the button key melodeon. And I like em the best,
they've got a different tone fae far the, the accordion, ken.
I play accordion an a', but I, I think eh, accordion's already
??? [music in background, inaudible], something I can sing
till. [Plays on electric organ.] Oh, here's anither. [Hums
tune.] Ye dinna ken at?
[PS] No.
[JT] In aulden days, in olden days, they woulda,
instead o singin they'd ha been diddlin, they were affa folk
for diddlin, you know in those days. Aye a diddle o a song,
nae sayin the words but jist diddlin, fit I dae. I diddle
a lot o sangs an a, ken, and a lot in olden days. Ye dinna
hear that noo, ye'll hardly hear folk singin nowadays either
eh!
[PS] Aye, you're right. Well not this kind of
song anyway, not the old songs.
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[Electric organ]
[JT] I jist canna get the, is that the key you
play?
[PS] That's…an A, what you're playing.
[JT] [Plays on organ, diddles words.]
Well my sister's got an organ now, and she's
started playin.
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[Plays on organ, diddles
words.]
[JT] It's a bonny air.
[PS] What's that one Jane?
[JT] It's old eh, whit is't again, I think you
should ken it an a'. Hiv you nae heard it. Aye, the old eh,
Robin.
[TM] 'Robin the Bold?'
[JT] Aye, at's it, I've heard ma mither sing
it. Old eh, 'Robin the Bold.' [Plays on organ, diddles words.]
[JT] [Sings part of song]
It's now or never, my love won't wait,
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[JT] ...Old songs, ye ken. But I heard, I heard them a lot
when I wis a bairn, ye aye heard at songs, and a ye ken, at's
why I ken so much o the auld tunes. But I never gaed in for
singin them, it wis mostly is records I liked ye see. Eh,
but I do ken a lot o tunes and airs o the old songs wi hearin
them so much in those days. Ye dinna hear a mither and father
singin now div ye.
[TM] Well my father's folks used to sing to
me.
[JT] Fa, yer dad, aye?
[TM] All manner of songs.
[JT] Eh, old songs like.
[TM] Some.
[JT] Some like aye. Uh huh. And my father used tae play some
[diddles a tune]. Now that was, eh, the name of that song,
I dinna ken the words, wis 'The Girl I Left Behind Me.' At
wis the name o't. My father aye played at on the fiddle.
[TM] That's right.
[PS] [Accordion plays the tune, JT diddles the
tune, joins in on keyboard.]
[JT] Well ma sister now, she's playin that 'Robin
The Bold,' she's tryin tae learn that an a. Now at's only
in oor family, is getting at it, and she's over 60 now, she's
over 60 near 70. And she's bocht an organie like this. And
she says, I've bocht a organ she says, and eh, she says I'm
tryin tae learn a tunie on it, and then she telt me she wis
learnin, trying tae play that tune, Robin the Bold, and she
wis diddlin it on the phone, and I wis diddlin and a. And
I says, well I'm glaid that eh there's somebody in the family
you know, tikin up onything like at wi music, cause I'm the
only een in my faimily, I'm the only one amon my sisters and
brithers, even my very grandchildren, dinna play naething,
even ma son disnae play nothin either, jist masel. So I'm
just hopin to god that somebody wid eh, in wir family wid
try and get intae something, music o some kind tae be, eh,
eh, it's a good thing music, it keeps you happy and you can
entertain people and you mak folk happy wi at, ken. I enjoy
at, afore I would be, I'm nae one that runs aboot, I jist
sit doon at hame wi ma music and I'm happy as anything, and
when I get stuck intae ma tunies I feel great, I feel happy
when I'm in the mood. And then I get thinkin aboot the days
gone by, and ma mam and dad and a this, and young days when
we were a teenagers and a, and the quines used tae go to the
dances and athing and enjoy theirselves, and sometimes I'll
play the tunes, the dance tunes. And I'll phone ma sister,
and I'll say, you mind on this tune now, oh aye, do ye mind
when we gaed tae dances, she says, we used tae dance tae that
tune. And I'm trying tae play it, she says I'm tryin tae learn
it. And then we spik aboot the olden days ye see, and at's
her life and my life now, she's comin tae tae my wey noo.
See, she's beginning tae get intae the set o music later on
now she's over her 60's, she's nearly 70. And she's playin
the organie and she can manage tae play a tune or two and
a, and she tries and sings and a. And I says, well it's a
great life! I says, I've been my life all my life, god help
me if I hid a this worry o goin ma crutches all my life, see.
I hinna hid muckle o a life through nae walkin eh withoot
crutches all my life eh? And eh, well music helped me, see.
And that's the wey ma dad used tae say, Jeanie yer different
fae ony o the rest o them, ye've got a different way wi different
weys. And I tried to think whit wey, whit weys wis different
ken. Hiv ye enjoyed my company the night?
[PS] Oh aye, great, on you go?
[Laughs.]
[JT] Well, at's the wey at Paul Hayman liked
me, and I used tae sing tae him and a, and he loved it, and
Clive an a. Noo Clive hasnae come for a holiday.
[TM] Ah well, he'll be up some time I'm sure.
[JT] I dinna ken, I think he's flitted intill
anither house or something his mum was tellin me. And eh,
and eh, I wis looking for him comin for his holiday like ye
ken, tae come and visit me, eh, but there's no word o him
comin through yet.
[PS] It's a while since he's been up.
[JT] It's a whilie aye, last year.
[TM] Last autumn was it.
[JT] At's right, aye. And we'd a great night
at night, did we?
[TM] Oh we did yes.
[JT] God aye. I hid him dancin awa wi a brush
on his shouder, oh my god, I hid him marchin and athing, I
hae the grand-bairns daein at and a ken. God, I dinna ken,
I, well afore I, afore I hurted ma leg, I wis four year auld
when I had the accident ye see, at's whit's adae wi me. Four
years old, and I wis three year and six month in hospital
wi ma leg. And eh, well, when I, when I wis aright, afore
I hid the accident, I wis aye dancin, I can min on at, I wis
only a little bairn and I can min on't, I hid a kiltie on,
and I used tae dance. No music, mither diddled tae me, and
I would say, I birled roon an a, and I'd say, at richt ma?
Aye, o yer daein fine, oh aye, yer doing well, yer a good
dancer, she used tae that tae me ye ken, and this wis afore
I got ma accident. I fell in Aberdeen, in Old Aberdeen and
had a accident, I fell somewey, either the pavement or the
road I don't know but I hurt my knee and I never got better.
So it wis a dear fa tae me. I dinna worry now, singin's made
my life and that helped me, but it kept me going and at. So
anyway, I still love ma music, and I never got no learnin,
I learnt masel. A lot of people I know learnt themsels music
because they hid music in them. Did you learn yoursel an a.
[TM] Aye.
[JT] Well ye see yer better tae learn yersel.
You've got a true ear for music, but a body could get learnin
and nae a true ear for music wi'oot reading the bookie. Noo
I couldnae read the book, I could read the book but I couldna
read the music aff't. I jist play ma own way. Now, I'll gae
ye something.
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[TM] How about 'Lang Johnny
More?'
[JT] What's that een.
[TM] [sings] There lived a man in Rhynie's land,
and anither in Auchendore
[JT] [Diddles the tune] Now what's the, your
key?
[PS] No, you just do that, I may not join you.
[JT] Plays on electric organ. What's your key?
[PS] You just choose a one, find a key that
suits you though for singing it.
[JT] [Diddles tune.] Is that it? And then I
can play it. [Plays tune on organ.] I've heard ma grannie[?]
singin it, she used tae sin.
Johnny wis an angry man, and an angry man wis
he,
He put his fit against a wa and his back tae an oaken tree;
Hey diddle dee, diddle dumdadee, hey diddle dee, diddle dumday.
Now far will I get a little wee lad that'll
gang a message for me,
It'll ging acrass three hunder miles tae the back o Bennachie;
Hey diddle dee, diddle dumdadee, hey diddle dee, diddle dumday.
Now Johnny he wis an angry man, an angry man
wis he,
And he took his sword richt lang and sharp and he gart them
a tae flee;
Hey diddle dee, diddle dumdadee, hey diddle dee, diddle dumday.
Noo…. Noo, I'm nae racht sure o ony mair
o the verses, but they come back to me, noo and again the
verses ken.
[TM] Did you have 'Johnny wis a clever youth?'
[sings]
Johnny wis a clever youth, full sturdy, stout and strang,
And the sword that hang bi Johnny's side wis fully sax feet
lang;
Hey diddle dee, diddle dumdaday
[JT] Aye, at's the verses gan back, I forget
on the verses now and again ye ken. So, ma mither wid jist
aye be singin at. She kent that songs. I dinna ken far she
learnt that sangs affa, I think it wis ma granny's sangs an
a, he ken. Aye ma granny wis real Irish and she kent a lot
o auld sangs ye ken. Aye, my god aye. Eh, and I think at tune
gaed affa well.
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[JT] At's the western. [Plays
on electronic organ and sings a bit of various tunes. All
join in.]
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[JT] I'm trying tae min
on some o ma cowboys songs I used tae sing.
[TM] You used to sing 'Home on the Range.'
[JT] Give me a home, where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope loup,
I wouldn't exchange a home on the range,
Where the skies are not cloudy or grey.
Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope loup,
I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the clouds are not cloudy all day.
Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope loup,
I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the clouds are not cloudy all day.
Give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope loup,
I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the clouds are not cloudy all day.
Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope roam,
I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the the clouds are not cloudy all day.
Give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope roam,
I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the clouds are cloudy all day.
Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope roam,
I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope roam,
The deer and the antelope roam.
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[JT] Anither een.
Let me sleep in your byre tonight mister,
For I'm tired lying out in the cold,
I've got no tobacco or matches,
And I'm sure I would do you no harm.
It was on a cold frosty morning,
When the snow lay deep on the ground,
There came a poor, poor stranger,
And he had no place to lie down.
Let me sleep in your byre tonight mister,
For I'm tired lying out in the cold,
I've got no tobacco nor matches,
And I'm sure I'll do you no harm,
And I'm sure I'll do you no harm.
I could entertain ye's couldn't I!
[TM] You have done.
[PS] You have yes.
[JT] Have you enjoyed yersel.
[PS] A good finish to a weekend, been busy singing
and hearing music over the weekend.
[JT] And how long is it ago eh, eh at I've seen
ye.
[PS] It must have been the 'Muchty festival
you came to, Auchtermuchty, last…. [End of Side B.]
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