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|f_track=As I Came Ower the Cairney Mount Dainty Davie.mp3
|f_track=Elk River Blues.mp3
|f_pdf=As I came o er the Cairney Mount.pdf
|f_pdf=Elk River Blues.pdf
|f_artwork=Curious Collection of Scots Tunes.jpg
|f_artwork=Ernie Carpenter.jpg
|f_tune_name=As I came o'er the Cairney Mount
|f_tune_name=Elk River Blues
|f_track_title=As_I_came_o%27er_the_Cairney_Mount
|f_track_title=Elk River Blues
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|f_played_by=[https://open.spotify.com/track/3w4IaJmcXHT2EPoKmxK15N?si=9ce89c696b3e48bb Kirsten Easdale]
|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/jatek-zenekar Jatek Zenekar]
|f_notes=A Curious Collection of Scots Tunes for Violin, Bass Viol or German Flute with thorough bass for the Harpsichord.
|f_notes=Ernie Carpenter (1909-1997)
|f_caption=As I came o'er the Cairney mount,{{break}}
|f_caption=According to the booklet accompanying Carpenter's LP, the story behind the tune is one of a difficult adjustment to a forced change in Ernie's life.
And down amang the blooming heather,{{break}}
|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/jatek-zenekar/elk-river-blues Soundcloud]
The Highland laddie drew his dirk{{break}}
And sheath'd it in my wanton leather.{{break}}
|f_source=[https://open.spotify.com/track/3w4IaJmcXHT2EPoKmxK15N?si=9ce89c696b3e48bb Spotify]  
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|f_article=[[As_I_came_o%27er_the_Cairney_Mount | '''As I came o'er the Cairney Mount''']]
|f_article=[[Elk River Blues | '''Elk River Blues''']]


Burns wrote to his friend and publisher Thomson in September, 1793, "There is a third tune, and what Oswald calls 'The Old Highland Laddie,' which pleases me more than either of them; it is sometimes called 'Jinglin' Johnie,' that being the air of an old humorous bawdy song of that name—you will find it in the Museum."
Composed by Braxton County, West Virginia, old-time fiddler Ernie Carpenter (1909-1997).


Burns refers to James Oswald's '''Curious Collection of Scots Tunes''' (1740), in which the song is dedicated to the Duke of Perth.
According to the booklet accompanying Carpenter's LP, the story behind the tune is one of a difficult adjustment to a forced change in Ernie's life. He had worked most of his life for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Clarksburg, prior to retiring in 1972 to his home in Braxton County, West Virginia.  


The piece is also entitled 'The Highland Laddie' and is very similar to the song, 'The German Lardy', also collected by Burns for the 'Museum'.
He was a regular visitor during his working years to his homeplace on the Elk River, and was witness to the planning and construction of the Sutton Dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the river during the 1950's and 1960's.  


In the Genriddel manuscript Burns notes: "The 'Highland Laddie' is an excellent but somewhat licentious song beginning, 'As I can' o'er the Cairney Mount.'"
Unfortunately, this resulted in the flooding of his boyhood home and the surrounding area, despite the efforts of himself and neighbors to forestall the project through a lobbyist. He refused the government's initial offer for his land (they didn't offer him anything for his house), and took the case to court.  


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He was able to gain a marked increase in the money he eventually was paid through this process, although he had to pay legal fees out of his pocket. He stayed in his Elk River homestead while the dam was being constructed, even though most of his neighbors had already left.  Workmen blocked the roads in and out of the area, but Carpenter found alternate routes until they too were closed off.  
''As I came o'er the Cairney mount,''<br>
 
''And down amang the blooming heather,''<br>
"I was the last person out of there," he said," I went ahead then and tore the old place town and brought it up here. Part of its in this house." Of the tune, he remarked: "I was sittin' here one day, an' I had the blues. I reckon as bad as anybody could, thinkin' about my old homeplace up on the Elk River. I started sawin' on the fiddle an' that's what I came up with."
''The Highland laddie drew his dirk''<br>
''And sheath'd it in my wanton leather.''<br>
<br>
''O my bonnie, bonnie Highland lad,''<br>
''My handsome, charming Highland laddie;''<br>
''When I am sick and like to die,''<br>
''He'll row me in his Highland plaidie.''<br>
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According to the booklet accompanying Carpenter's LP, the story behind the tune is one of a difficult adjustment to a forced change in Ernie's life.
Elk River Blues

Played by: Jatek Zenekar
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Ernie Carpenter (1909-1997)

Elk River Blues

Composed by Braxton County, West Virginia, old-time fiddler Ernie Carpenter (1909-1997).

According to the booklet accompanying Carpenter's LP, the story behind the tune is one of a difficult adjustment to a forced change in Ernie's life. He had worked most of his life for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Clarksburg, prior to retiring in 1972 to his home in Braxton County, West Virginia.

He was a regular visitor during his working years to his homeplace on the Elk River, and was witness to the planning and construction of the Sutton Dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the river during the 1950's and 1960's.

Unfortunately, this resulted in the flooding of his boyhood home and the surrounding area, despite the efforts of himself and neighbors to forestall the project through a lobbyist. He refused the government's initial offer for his land (they didn't offer him anything for his house), and took the case to court.

He was able to gain a marked increase in the money he eventually was paid through this process, although he had to pay legal fees out of his pocket. He stayed in his Elk River homestead while the dam was being constructed, even though most of his neighbors had already left. Workmen blocked the roads in and out of the area, but Carpenter found alternate routes until they too were closed off.

"I was the last person out of there," he said," I went ahead then and tore the old place town and brought it up here. Part of its in this house." Of the tune, he remarked: "I was sittin' here one day, an' I had the blues. I reckon as bad as anybody could, thinkin' about my old homeplace up on the Elk River. I started sawin' on the fiddle an' that's what I came up with."

...more at: Elk River Blues - full Score(s) and Annotations



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