Annotation:Robbie Tamson's Smiddie (1)
X:1 T: Robbie Tamson's Smiddie [1] B: "English County Songs", by Lucy Broadwood, Leadenhall Press, London, 1893 S: Mrs T. H. Farrer Z: J. A. Fuller-Maitland N: Lucy Broadwood notes are: N: The words and tune were collected from a Mrs. T. H. Farrer, who had learned the song in Canada from a Mr. Richard Turner. N: There are also Scottish versions M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K: E Dorian D|B,<EE>D B,2 B,>A, | D>DF>D F<A z B | G>EF>^D E>E B,E/G/ | B>AG>F F/ E z/ E<D | B,<EE>D B,>A,D>D | F>DF>D F<A z B | G>EF>^D E>E B,G/A/ | B>AG>F F/ E z/ E<D | B,<EE>F E>DB,>A, | D2 F>D D<A z B | G>EF>^D E<E B,G/A/ | B>AG<F F<E z2 |]
ROBBIE TAMSON'S SMIDDIE [1]. English, Air (4/4 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The tune was collected by Lucy Broadwood in the early 20th century from Mrs. T. H. Farrer, who had learned the song in Canada from a Mr. Richard Turner. The song begins:
Me mither mend’t me auld breeks,
But ay! but they were diddy;
She sent me to get shod the mare
At Robbie Tamson’s smiddie.
Now t’ smiddie lies ayent the burn
That wamples thro’ the claughin’
And ne’er a time I pass that way
But aye I fall a-laughin’.
CHORUS:
Singing fol lol de lol de rol,
Ri fol lol de laddy,
Sing fol de du-y, du-y day,
Sing fol de du-y daddy.