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15 de jun. de 2024 · from the album Different Now
24 de jun. de 2024 · One man had no cards to spread upon the table, One man turned his back and he left the Tower of Babel, He spoke not a word, but his eyes were straight and even, We are bound together with the living and the breathing wind.
30 de jun. de 2024 · Scottish Songs and Ballads Trivia Quiz. I will give you a few lines from a song - usually, but not always, the opening lines of the first verse or the chorus - and you tell me the name of the song. A multiple-choice quiz by daver852 . Estimated time: 7 mins.
Hace 1 día · The Border Reivers were a formidable force in the history of Britain, particularly during the tumultuous period from the late 13th century to the early 17th century. These raiders, hailing from both Scottish and English descent, operated along the Anglo-Scottish border, a region marked by constant strife and conflict.
30 de jun. de 2024 · Binnorie or The Twa Sisters is one of the oldest of the classic Scots ballads, number 10 in Francis J. Child’s The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. There are more than 100 versions with tune in Bertrand Bronson’s Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads —many collected from oral tradition in the United States.
20 de jun. de 2024 · Two ravens discuss eating the corpse of a newly slain knight. The 19 th -century collector Francis J. Child identified this sinister song as one of the classic folk ballads. The words sung here are based on an anglicisation of the lowland Scots Twa Corbies —two crows.
19 de jun. de 2024 · Scottish singers merely rearranged things a bit. From this song has come the lament of the Four Maries, which is a group of verses concerning Mary’s thoughts as she prepares to be killed. John Laurie recited Mary Hamilton in 1959 on the anthology The Jupiter Book of Ballads.
