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THE AULD MEAL MILL
On Springthyme SPRCD 1029
Billy Ross & John Martin - Braes of Lochiel
Billy Ross: vocal, dulcimer; John Martin: fiddle, mandolin, bodhran
A song from the North-east bothy ballad tradition. We heard the song from an old friend Alec Jack from Tore in the Black Isle. Billy added a third verse and adapted the tune.
- 1: When the horse are in the stable and the kye are in the byre,
And the hard days work is over and old folks round the fire;
I'll gang skippin o'er the heather tae yon fairm ahint the hill,
Aa tae meet my bonnie lassie at the auld meal mill.
Chorus:
She's got een like bramble berries and cheeks like mountain haughs,
- She's got lips as red as cherries she's the fairest flooer that blaws;
And I'm weary for the lowsin and I lang tae quit the drill,
Then it's aff tae meet my lassie at the auld meal mill.
2: Well the auld folks aftimes wonder just what keeps me oot sae late,
And they never gang tae sleep until they hear me sneck the gate;
But the old man he jalouses when he sees me tak the hill,
That I'm aft tae meet my lassie at the old meal mill.
3: Well I've traivelled this hale world over from Tain tae Balintore,
And its always I'm returning tae this lassie I adore;
For she's maybe no sae fancy but she kens with richt guid will,
There's the finest of all pleasures in the auld meal mill.
blaws - blossoms; jalouses - suspects; lowsin - time to stop work
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Traditional Arrranged by Billy Ross
Springthyme Music © 1990
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