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Barns O' Beneuches, The
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X:1190 T:Barns O' Beneuches, The S:Digital Tradition, beneuchs N:Collected from John Wight B:From the Grieg-Duncan collection (360B) Z:dt:beneuchs M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:2/4=100 W:My friens ane an' a' I'll sing you a sang W:If ye all haud yer weeshts it winna tak' me lang <keep quiet> W:It's aboot a mannie Kemp, he's a caird tongued fang <abusive lout> W:For he rages like a deevil in the mornin'. W: W:He's a wee little mannie wi' a fern tickled face W:A' the days o' yer life ye bever saw sic a mess W:Ye wid swear he hid deserted frae some tinkler race W:Afore they had got a' wakened in the mornin'. W: W:At the Barnyards o' Beneuches he has long been a grieve W:But come May the twenty sixth he has to pad, I believe, W:For he's sieged at his men, till his maister's gien him leave <stormed> W:So he canna get them up in the mornin'. W: W:But when he doth rise ye niver heard sic a soun' W:For he'll siege you and damn you like ony dragoon, W:His lang caird tongue you'd hear't roun' the toon <scolding> W:Afore he gets his breakfast in the mornin'. W: W:Dinna gang to the Barns if ye wish to be weel W:A' the days o' yer life ye ne'er saw sic a chiel W:He'll treat you to a breakfast o' buttermilk an' meal W:Wi' a drink o' soor ale in ther mornin'. W: W:We get beef bree whiles weel seasoned wi' reek <smoke> W:Wi' three seeds o' barley an' the smell o' a leek W:If you're nae pleased wi' that he'll neen o' yer cheek W:But he'll put you frae his toon in the mornin' W: W:But if e'er sic a thing as a row should arise W:My friens ane an' a' tak tent an' be wise <heed> W:Keep quietness ifyou can or the wife will rise W:Dancin' mad on her stockin's in the mornin'. W: W:'Twas ae mornin' in March juist as near as I can W:She came swearin' fae the blankets we'd bad used her man W:With her sark tail wiggle waggle into the close she ran W:Dancin' mad on her stockin's in the mornin'. W: W:For a lang caird tongue she's the worst that I ken W:Lord bless me! Sic a mornin' may I never see again W:Five or sax naked bairnies a'rinnin' but an' ben W:Cryin', "Od mammie's mad in the mornin'. W: W:Says she to the shepherd, "Ye're nae frien o' mine W:For a'body kens ye're a caird Hielan' thing W:Ye tauld 'em doon at Brunan I gaed milk tae the swine W:An' you soor ale to your porridge in the mornin'. W: W:But it's May the twenty-saxt will be here in a crack W:An' we'll a' leave the Barns never mair to gang back W:We'll gang blithely doon the road like an ill-tongued pack W:Singin' Kempie he can follow in the mornin'. W: W:Now my name I will reveal if sic thing I ever hid W:It's but the country clype I'll ne'er deny, gweed forbid <gossip> W:My neighbors a' that ken me weel they ca' me Jock Wid W:Sae we'll up an' leave the Barns in the mornin'. K:A F>-E|\ "F#m"C2FF F2c2|""e2FF F2GF|"C#m"E2EE E2G2|"F#m"FAFE C2CC| "A"AAAA "E"B2BB|"C#m"c2e2 G2FE|"F#m"FFe^d "C#m"cBAG|"F#m"F4 F2||
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- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/home.quicknet.nl/england/0422
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/ba/Barns_O_Beneuches_The_1/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/konzertina.org/Barns_O_Beneuches_The/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/mucl.de/~mdoering/dt-songs/0020
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/terra.es/personal8/niltoni/b/0234