Gordon Menzies—vocals, guitar, mandoline
Robin Watson—vocals, guitar
Engineered by
Neil Paterson
Produced by Robin Watson
1) Ye Jacobites By Name (Burns).
Robert Burns in Political muse. Often requested and enjoyable to sing.
2) Three Nights and a Sunday Double Time (McGinn)
A comment by our old pal, the late Matt McGinn, about folk who always seem to
be chasing the "Big Bucks."
3) Lads 0' the Fair (McNeill)
The "Tryst" or Trysting Fair, the Falkirk feeing market, has been celebrated
for centuries and is still going strong. Brian MacNeil captures the
atmosphere down the years
4) Old Adam Set. Six Eight marches. (Trad. Arr Gaberlunzie).
5) Mary Ellen Carter (Rogers)
Robin recckons that this Stan Rogers song is like the Titanic story in
reverse. The.boat sinks at the beginning and after a few drams, they bring it
up again. Like many of Stan s songs It has an uplifting message.
6) 1314 (McGinn/Menzies)
This is another Matt McGinn song with added lyrics by Gordon. The battle of
Bannockburn is the subject of this ditty.
7) MacPherson's Rant (Trad. Arr Gaberlunzie)
James MacPherson, freebooter, rogue, vagabond, thief, murderer, pillager and
musician, was captured and sentenced to be hanged near Banff. He was
reprieved at the 11th hour, but the Burghers advanced the town clock by 15
minutes, and hung the bugger anyway, before the reprieve arrived.
8) Banks o' the Tay (Menzies).
While walking by the River Tay near Logierait, what I thought was a lovely
young woman turned out to be a tree trunk. Too late! Too late! This song had
germinated. (It was a very good looking tree, by the way.)
9) Tha Mi Sgith Set. Four Four/ Six Eight/ Reel (Trad. Arr Gabelunzie)
10) Then He Kicked Me (Imlach).
Hamish Imlach taught us this song which many other bands have parodied as
Then He Kissed Me.
11) Black Velvet Band/ Wild Rover/ Flower of Scotland/ Scots Wha Hae.
Some Irish and Scots songs A medley for a wee "come all ye."
Flower of Scotland by Roy Williamson.
Scots Wha Hae by Robert Burns
12) Auld Lang Syne (Burns).
It cam wi' a Burns and it'll gang wi' a Burns