Ailsa Craig is a small, uninhabited island located in the Firth of Clyde, close to the medieval town of Ayr on the Scottish south-west coast, 10 miles offshore.
The name likely derives from the Gaelic ‘Aillse Creag’ (‘fairy rock’) or ‘Creag Ealasaid’ (‘Elizabeth’s rock’).
Home to a small, crumblin...
Ailsa, I'm waiting down by the mill pond
Though the rushes, they call me on
With words that you said
Tying me down to the riverbed
And I see a tattoo of a house on the inside of her wrist
A beacon off the shore in the New Year morning mist
But I am down in Newnham, struggling to the door
And you are up in Arran a mile from the shore
I see a tattoo of a house on the inside of her wrist
A beacon off the shore in the New Year morning mist
But I am down in Newnham, struggling to the door
And you are up in Arran a mile from the shore
Oh, Ailsa, I'm waiting down by the mill pond
And I know you know the rushes, they call me on
With the words that you say
Tying me down to the riverbed
Ailsa Craig was written by Nick Mulvey.
Ailsa Craig was produced by Dan Carey.
Nick Mulvey released Ailsa Craig on Mon May 12 2014.