The Barnyards of Delgaty

Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger * Track #1 On Popular Scottish Songs

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Ewan MacColl

1961

The Barnyards of Delgaty by Ewan MacColl (Ft. Peggy Seeger)

Performed by

Ewan MacCollPeggy Seeger

About

It was the custom in N.E. Scotland for a ploughman to be hired by the season at seasonal hiring fairs. During their period of service the ploughmen slept
in sheds (bothies) usually situated some distance from the main farm building. When the day’s work was done and the evening meal finished, the plo...

The Barnyards of Delgaty Lyrics

As I cam in by Turra market
Turra market for to fee
I fell in wi' a wealthy fairmer
The barnyards o' Delgaty

Linten adie toorin adie
Linten adie toorin ee
Linten lowrin, lowrin, lowrin
The Barnyards o' Delgaty

He promised me the ae best pair
I ever set my e'en upon;
When I gaed hame tae the Barnyards
There was naething there but skin and bone

Linten adie toorin adie
Linten adie toorin ee
Lintеn lowrin, lowrin, lowrin
The Barnyards o' Delgaty

The auld black horsе sat on his rump
The auld white mare lay on her wime;
For a' that I could 'Hup' and crack
They wouldna rise at yoking time

Linten adie toorin adie
Linten adie toorin ee
Linten lowrin, lowrin, lowrin
The Barnyards o' Delgaty

When I gae to the kirk on Sunday
Mony's the bonnie lass I see
Sitting by her faither's side
And winking ower the pews at me

Linten adie toorin adie
Linten adie toorin ee
Linten lowrin, lowrin, lowrin
The Barnyards o' Delgaty

I can drink and no' be drunk
And I can fecht and-no' be slain
I can lie wi' anither man's lass
And aye be welcome to my ain

Linten adie toorin adie
Linten adie toorin ee
Linten lowrin, lowrin, lowrin
The Barnyards o' Delgaty

My caunle noo it is brunt oot
The snotter's fairly on the wane;
Sae fare ye weel, ye Barnyards
Ye'll never catch me here again

Linten adie toorin adie
Linten adie toorin ee
Linten lowrin, lowrin, lowrin
The Barnyards o' Delgaty

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