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T: CAULD KAIL IN ABERDEEN
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.194-198
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Bar 4 has a spurious 16th rest between the two D notes; not transcribed.
N: Added dot to A note to fix the rhythm in bar 15. (It looks erased, along with the adjacent staff lines.)
N: Page 197 seems to be missing, along with 2.5 verses. They've been copied from the 1806 edition.
N: The bar line between measures 14 and 15 is missing in both editions.
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/1811.abc 2024-04-27 033632 UT
K: D
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D2 | (F3 A) d3 B | A3 F E3 D |
w: There's cauld* kail in A-ber-deen, And
F2 A2 (Bc) (dB) | A4 D2 D2 | F3 A d3 B |
w: cas-tocks in* Stra'-*bo-gie, Whaur il-ka lad maun
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.
W:
W:3.Twa-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;
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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.
K:
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.
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%page 197 [missing; copied from the 1806 edition]
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;
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.
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W:
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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: Come 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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