Born on the ferm, on the heed o’ the hill
li’ed a loon we’ a passion, and a dream to fulfill
Raised on th’ meal, and th’ tatties and neeps,
Our James played the fiddle in auld sharney beets
Those buits! ah, those buits! James’ auld sharny buits!
Tho’ his love o’ the land, he never could lose
Tae ferm or tae fiddle, our James had to choose
The fiddle tae play, or the auld kye tae milk?
When time came to choose, the auld buits got the jilt
Those buits! ah, those buits! James’ auld sharny buits!
When James plays the fiddle, there’s nane can compete
For he sounds like the angel, sae gentle and sweet
But he grins like the de’il, in ‘is auld sharney buits
Tho’ his music held charm for the Queen o’ the land
Ney bow would he mak’ or n’er shake her hand
Now mither wise dancing the height of hersel’
"You little upstart we shall a’ go to hell!"
Those buits! ah, those buits! James’ auld sharny buits!
When James plays the fiddle, there’s nane can compete
For he sounds like the angel, sae gentle and sweet
But he grins like the de’il, in ‘is auld sharney buits
Ain nicht as James mak’s his way hame from a show
A bold apparition appears in a glow!
”It’s auld Willie Marshall, God what ha’e I deen!
I hope that I hav’nae played something obscene”
Willie, he smiled wi’ a wink o’ is een
”Na fear my good loon, frae what I hae seen
The young folk wha’ gather tae learn and tae play
How their fiddles ring out from the banks o’ the Spey!”
Next time yer tae visit James’ hame by the park
Slip into the kitch, and hae a wee lark
Pu’ back the door and ye hae a wee peer
‘Jings’ auld sharney buits, richt there on the fleer
credits
from Buchan Bluegrass,
released June 1, 2006
Bruce Coughlan – vocals, guitar, tenor banjo, whistle & bodhran
Laurence Knight – electric bass, vocals
Nolan Murray – mandolin, fiddle, viola & 5-string banjo
Eric Reed – guitar, mandolin, accordion & vocals
Produced by Bruce Coughlan
Engineered & mixed by Eric Reed
Executive producer, Laurence Knight
Demos recorded at Cherryland, Maple Ridge, BC
Recorded & mixed at N.A.L. Studios, North Vancouver, BC
Mastered by Jamie Sitar at Suite Sound, Vancouver, BC
Artwork by Bruce Coughlan
Special thanks to Hok Nissen, Jim & Sue Smith, Brent Knudsen
Pacific Canadian-based recording & performing artist, Bruce Coughlan has spent decades making Acoustic Roots Music Music of
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