Songs & Music |
Here you will find songs about Foggieloan, local people and events.
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1. Ma freens that's gai - thered here this nicht, jist lis - ten for a wee, An I'll tell ye o a lass I like an I'm sure that lass likes me. Ye could search the toon an ne - ver fin a bon - ni - er lass I'm shair, An I met her owre at Fog - gie - loan the nicht o Mar - nan Fair. |
Chorus Then hur - rah ma boys, hur - rah! I've the life o a mair - ried man, An I've been as hap - py as a king could be since I mair - ried Ma - ry Ann. She's a pair o een as ne'er were seen, an ring - lets o gol - den hair, An I met her owre at Fog - gie - loan, the nicht o Mar - nan Fair. |
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2. We wandered owre the heather by the thistles and the sloe, Then in the evening, boys, I took her to a show. I bocht her candy in great lumps an she swore that it was rare, An I kissed the candy aff her lips on the nicht o Mar - nan Fair. |
3. The first nicht I gaed hame wi her, the bottle was gey fu, The nicht that I gaed thon lang road, I'm sure I'll never rue. Her parents they gave me consent, and we hired a coach an pair, Gaed aff an we got mairrit on the nicht o Mar - nan Fair. |
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4. Twelve months noo are passed an gone and to crown oor earthly joys, I'll tell ye on the quiet we've been blessed wi a pair o boys. They're the very image o their Dad, so the neebours declare, An we're gaun tae open a baby show the nicht o Mar - nan Fair. |
(Thanks go to Gordon Paterson for finding the song and music and to the Music Department of Banff Academy for producing the tune in Midi format) |
Marnan Fair (sometimes referred to as Marnoch Fair) was held
annually on the second Tuesday of March in Marnoch and on the First
Tuesday in March at
Leochel. * A
well near the Manse in Aberchirder was called the Saint's Well. It
was here the annual market called Marnoch Fair, for horses and
cattle, was held. * The old church at Leochel was dedicated to St Marnan. * Extracts from 'Statistical Accounts of Scotland' 1845. |
The Deveron Reel
Composed by Neil Grant
The
River Deveron rises in west Aberdeenshire in an area known as
the Cabrach and flows for 61 miles (98 km) north-eastwards to join
the sea at Banff Bay.
The
Deveron Reel is a well known tune played by Strathspey and Reel
Societies and frequently used in Scottish Country Dancing. |
We
are fortunate and privileged to be able to present an audio
recording of the The Deveron Reel performed by Pupils playing are: Colleen Bowie, Rhona Christie, Lindsay Cook, Nicola Cook, Tara vCopić, Jacquelyne Hall, Jennifer Irvine, Emma Pantel, Mary-Rose Shand, Steven Watson & Nicole Webster. Music Teacher Melanie Nicol played drums and the band was led by Violin Instructor Andrea Lewin.
Thanks go to Mr Douglas Watt, Keyboard and Piano Instructor for
producing the recording and to |
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