X: 1
T: CAULD KAIL IN ABERDEEN
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.126-130
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Added missing bar line between measures 14 and 15.
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1806/1806.abc	 2024-04-26 142715 UT
K: D
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D2 | (F3 A) d3 B | A3 F E3 G |
w: There's cauld* kail in A-ber-deen, And
F2 A2 (Bc) (dB) | A4 D2 zD | F3 A d3 B |
w: cas-tocks  in* Stra'-*bo-gie, Where il-ka lad maun
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A2 F2 E3 D | F2 A2 (Bc) (dB) | A4 D2 |]|
w: hae his lass, But I maun hae* my* co-gie.
A2 | d3 e f3 d | e3 c B3 A |
w: For I maun hae my co-gie, troth, I
d3 e f3 d | (e3 c) A3 A | d3 e f3 d |
w: can-na want my co-*gie: I wad-na gie my
g2 e2 Hc2 (e/d/c/B/) | A3 F d3 B | A4 D2 |]
w: three-gird cog For*** a' the wives in Bo-gie.
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W:2.Johnny Smith has got a wife
W:    Wha scrimps him o' his cogie;
W:  But were she mine, upon my life,
W:    I'd duck her in a bogie.
W:      For I maun hae my cogie, troth,
W:        I canna want my cogie;
W:      I wadna gie my three-gird cog
W:        For a' the wives in Bogie.
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W:
W:3.Twa or three todlin weans they hae,
W:    The pride o' a' Stra'bogie;
W:  Whene'er the totums cry for meat,
W:    She curses ay his cogie;
W:      Crying, "Wae betide the three-gird cog!
W:        "Oh, wae betide the cogie!
W:      "It does mair skaith than a' the ills
W:        "That happen in Stra'bogie."
W:
W:4.She fand him ance at Willie Sharp's;
W:    And, what they maist did laugh at,
W:  She brake the bicker, spilt the drink,
W:    And tightly gowff'd his haffet,
W:      Crying, "Wae betide the three-gird cog!
W:         "Oh, wae betide the cogie;
W:      "It does mair skaith than a' the ills
W:        "That happen in Stra'bogie."
W:
W:5.Yet here's to ilka honest soul
W:    Wha'll drink wi' me a cogie;
W:  And for ilk silly whingin fool
W:    We'll duck him in the bogie.
W:      For I maun hae my cogie, Sirs,
W:        I canna want my cogie:
W:      I wadna gie my three-gird cog
W:        For a' the queans in Bogie,
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T: ANOTHER SET
T: to the same air
K:
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W:1.There's cauld kail in Aberdeen,
W:    And castocks in Stra'bogie;
W:  Gin I hae but a bonny lass,
W:    Ye're welcome to your cogie,
W:  And ye may sit up a' tbe night,
W:  And drink till it be braid day-light:
W:  Gie me a lass that's clean and tight,
W:    To dance the reel o' Bogie.
W:
W:2.In cotillons the French excel,
W:    John Bull in country dances;
W:  The Spaniards dance fandangos well;
W:    Mynheer an al'mande prances:
W:  In foursome reels the Scots delight,
W:  At threesome they dance wondrous light,
W:  But twasome ding a' out o' sight,
W:    Danc'd to the reel o' Bogie.
W:
W:3.Come lads, and view your partner's well,
W:    Wale each a blythesome rogie;
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W:  I'll tak this lassie to mysel,
W:    She looks sae keen and vogie:
W:  Now, piper lad, bang up the spring;
W:  The country fashion is the thing,
W:  To prie their mou's ere we begin
W:    To dance the reel o' Bogie.
W:
W:4.Now ilka lad has got his lass,
W:    Save yon auld doited Fogie,
W:  And ta'en a fling upon the grass,
W:    As they do in Stra'bogie:
W:  But a' the lasses look sae fain,
W:  We canna think oursels to hain,
W:  For they maun hae their come-again
W:    To dance the reel o' Bogie.
W:
W:5.Now a' the lads hae done their best.
W:    Like true men o' Stra'bogie;
W:  We'll stop a while and tak a rest,
W:    And tipple out a cogie.
W:  Gome now, my lads, and tak your glass,
W:  And try each other to surpass,
W:  In wishing health to ev'ry lass,
W:    To dance the reel o' Bogie,
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Tune-75827-1806.abc 4072 ABC music file with the extracted tune(s)
Tune-75827-1806.txt 4072 Plain-text file with the extracted tune(s)
Tune-75827-get.log 28241 Log file, useful mostly for debugging
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