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18 tracks | 46 minutes
Released Mar 2006
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:05 Bonnie Ann lyrics BUY MP3 02:05 Bonnie Ann lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:05 Bonnie Ann
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:23 Sandy and Jocky lyrics BUY MP3 01:23 Sandy and Jocky lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:23 Sandy and Jocky
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:56 Handsome Nell lyrics BUY MP3 01:56 Handsome Nell lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:56 Handsome Nell
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:00 Whistle o'er the lave o't lyrics BUY MP3 02:00 Whistle o'er the lave o't lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:00 Whistle o'er the lave o't
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:35 The rantin dog lyrics BUY MP3 01:35 The rantin dog lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:35 The rantin dog
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:53 Big belly'd bottle lyrics BUY MP3 01:53 Big belly'd bottle lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:53 Big belly'd bottle
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:31 Awa, Whigs, awa! lyrics BUY MP3 02:31 Awa, Whigs, awa! lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:31 Awa, Whigs, awa!
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:53 Duncan Gray lyrics BUY MP3 02:53 Duncan Gray lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:53 Duncan Gray
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:06 Blythe hae I been lyrics BUY MP3 02:06 Blythe hae I been lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:06 Blythe hae I been
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 09:13 Tam Lin lyrics BUY MP3 09:13 Tam Lin lyrics "GIFT MP3" 09:13 Tam Lin
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:28 Caledonia lyrics BUY MP3 03:28 Caledonia lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:28 Caledonia
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:37 I love my Jean lyrics FREE 01:37 I love my Jean lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:37 I love my Jean
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:17 A red, red rose lyrics BUY MP3 02:17 A red, red rose lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:17 A red, red rose
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:02 Guidwife count the lawin lyrics BUY MP3 02:02 Guidwife count the lawin lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:02 Guidwife count the lawin
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:06 Ae fond kiss lyrics BUY MP3 03:06 Ae fond kiss lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:06 Ae fond kiss
Their 2nd CD digs deeper into Robert Burns legacy. From the first note until they waltz away with the beautiful closing track "Ae fond kiss," they will charm your heart and keep your toe tapping.
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Love songs, drinking songs, laments, a political rabble-rouser, and more. With their new CD "Tam Lin," Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars further explore the rich lode of songs that Robert Burns left us. The title track is an ancient ballad which Burns collected, added a couple of verses to, and published in 1792. All the other songs on the CD have more of Burns in them. The melody of "Bonnie Ann" was written by Burns friend Allan Masterson, who also composed the melody to "Willie brew'd a peck o' maut," which is on the first CD. The song "I love my Jean" was specified by Burns to be set to the melody known as "Miss Admiral Gordon's Strathspey." This is Burns most common method - writing lyrics to match traditional Scottish melodies.
"Whistle o'er the lave o't" appears to have been an all-purpose chorus to any number of bawdy verses which Burns used for his musings on the progress of marriage.
↓ more ↓"Blythe hae I been" was specified by Burns to be set to a dance tune known as "Merrily danced the Quaker's Wife" to which he also set his bawdy song "Nine inch'll Please a Lady," which Hay and the Beggars have been known to play once the children are all asleep.
from Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA:
Published 04.19.06
Tam Lin and More Songs by Robert Burns
Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars
By Lee Valentine Smith
The second album from Bob Hay's folksy combo proves that the former leader of Athens' Squalls was serious when he vowed to veer off the beaten path. An institution in the early '80s Athens scene, the Squalls produced a quirky mix of dance pop with considerable folk and jam tinges that influenced a number of younger acts, including Widespread Panic.
On the other hand, the second volume of songs by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) firmly entrenches Hay and his Jolly Beggars as hipster pundits. The inner core of this project is delightfully obscure in these modern times. The traditional folk melodies that frame Burns' lyrics, however, are as insistently catchy as the Squalls' good-natured pop music that had Athenians dancing more than two decades ago.
Former Squalls Diana Torell (fiddle, vocals) and Ken Starratt (bass) are still on board, joined by Dave Dowless and Bill David, and the literate minstrels eagerly tear through 18 selections, including the nine-minute "Tam Lin" opus, with Burns' thick Scottish dialect -- and bawdy humor -- intact. 4 Stars
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