Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
Jonah ballads have never had the wide currency in Scotland that they have in England. Gavin Grieg was able to report only two fragmentary Scottish texts of “Bonnie Annie” against the 9 versions collected by Cecil Sharpe in England.
The Jonah ballads are generally built round a central character who...
There was a rich merchant who lived in Strathdinnar
And he had ae dochter who'se name it was Annie
There was a rich merchant who cam' frae Dunbarton
And he's got this bonnie lassie big, big wi' vairn
Ye'll tak' ship wi' me and ye'll be my honey
Whatmore can a woman do than I can do for ye?
O, captain, tak gold, O captain tak' money
And sail to dry land for the sake of my honey
How can I tak' gold, how can I tak’ money?
There's fey folk on my ship, she winna sail for me
Tak' me by the fingers and lift me up heely
And throw me ower board, and hae nae pity on mе
He's ta'en her by thе fingers and did lift her up
Heely
And thrown her ower board, she was his ain dearie
Her goon it was wide and her petticoat narrow
And she swam afore them till they came to Yarrow
His love she was there when they ca'd to dry land
And her lying deid on the saut sea strand
The baby was born and lying at her feet
For the loss o' his bonnie love, sore did he weep
He's caused mk' a kist o' the gowd sae yellow
And they a' three sleep i' the braes o' yarrow