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Kinreen o' the Dee

from A Minstrel in Moray by Bruce Coughlan

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KINREEN O' THE DEE

I’ll blaw up my chanter, I’ve sounded fu’ weel
To mony a ranter, In mony a reel
An’ pour a’ my heart i’ the win’bag wi’ glee
Och hey, Kinreen o’ th’ Dee

The auld hoose is bare noo, a cauld hoose to me
The hearth is nae mair noo, th’ centre o’ glee
Nae mair for th’ bairnies the bield it has been
Och, hey! Kinreen o’ th’ Dee

For licht was th’ lauchter on Bonny Kinreen
An licht was the fit-fa’ that danced o’er the green
An’ licht were the hearts a’, and lichtsome the eyne
In Bonny Kinreen

The auld kirk looks up o’er the dreesome auld dead
Like a saint speaking hope o’er some sorrowfu’ bed
Fareweel the auld kirk, and fareweel the kirk-green
Och, hey!, Kinreen o’ the Dee

Fareweel the auld braes that my han’ keepit green
Fareweel to the places we’d wonder unseen
Ere the licht o’ my heart cam to Bonny Kinreen
Kinreen o’ the Dee

Though little the thing be, oor ain we can ca’
That little we cling be the mair that it’s sma’
Though puir was oor hame, and though wild was the scene
Och, hey!, Kinreen o’ the Dee

The place we wa’d cling to, puir simple auld fools
O’ oor births and oor bridals, oor blisses an’ dools
Where the wee bits o’ bairnies lie cauld wi’ the mools
In Bonny Kinreen

The auld folk, the young folk, the wee anes an’ a’
A hunder year’s hame birds are harried awa’
Harried an’ hameless whatever wind blaws
Och, hey!, Kinreen o’ the Dee

Och, hey!, Kinreen o’ the Dee

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from A Minstrel in Moray, released June 1, 2014
All songs by Bruce Coughlan (SOCAN) 2009 except: Kinreen o’ the Dee – music by Bruce Coughlan, lyrics from The Piobrach O’ Kinreen by William Forsyth (1818–1879), Apron Strings – music by Phil Cunningham, lyrics by Bruce Coughlan and Ower Lang Awa’ – music by Bruce Coughlan, lyrics by James McQueen of Forres, published 1905. Additional Gaelic lyrics by Mary Ann Kennedy

Recorded and mixed at Baker Studios Ltd., Victoria, BC
Additional tracks recorded at Watercolour Music, Ardgour, Scotland

Bruce Coughlan – 1980s Jean Larrivee D5 dreadnaught guitar (Mahogany), 1927 Ludwig “Kingston” tenor banjo, 1940s Gibson TG 50 tenor guitar (Mahogany), Casey Burns keyless wood flute (Mopane), Elf Song D Whistle (West Coast Whistle Co.), Soodlum D whistle, Antonio Duarte Portuguese cittern (circa 1900) 1965 Gibson “Heritage” dreadnaught guitar (Brazilian Rosewood), 1982 Takamine classical guitar (Rosewood) Nashville mandolin (plywood).

Joby Baker – 1939 Kay upright bass, Yamaha C5 grand piano (spanky new), 2005 Gretsch kick & toms, 1959 Rogers snare drum, Istanbul cymbals, 1940s Gibson TG 50 tenor guitar (Mahogany), DW Karn pump organ (circa 1900), wood shaker & maraca (origins unknown), Wurlitzer piano, Hammond B3, hose
Mary Ann Kennedy – Gaelic vocals on Ower Lang Awa’
Artwork & design – Carylann Loeppky

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Pacific Canadian-based recording & performing artist, Bruce Coughlan has spent decades making Acoustic Roots Music Music of all descriptions. An expressive singer and rock-solid guitarist, Bruce is driven by one guiding principle: It's all about the Song. ... more

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