Annotation:Drumdelgie
Tune properties and standard notation
DRUMDELGIE. Scottish, Jig and Air. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The tune was a "bothy" (bunkhouse) ballad, known throughout the British Isles and in Ireland. A Scottish version begins:
Fare ye will Drumdelgie, for I maun gang awa,
Fare ye weel Drundelgie, yer weetie weather an a';
Fare ye weel drumdelgie, I bid ye a' adieu,
I leave ye as I foond ye, a damned unceevil crew.
An Irish version, sung by Clare tin whistle player and singer Micho Russell (d. 1994), begins:
Come all ye jolly plooman lads,
An' hearken untae me;
An' I'll sing ye Drumdelgie,
Wi' muckle mirth an' glee.
There is a toon in Cyarnie,
It's kent baith far an' wide;
Tae be the hash o' Drumdelgie,
Upon sweet Deveronside.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; p. 48.
Recorded sources: