Today I’m being unashamedly nostalgic and posting one of my favourite Scottish songs, one which my mother used to sing at home when she was doing chores… “Ca’ the Yowes”…the words were written by our national bard Rabbie Burns. In English it would be translated as “Call the Ewes”… here it’s sung by Scottish singer/songwriter Dougie MacLean.
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Lilac-JadeCanada
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Feb 22, 2023
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I’m planning on a trip back to Scotland later in the year.
@Marionville Sounds good. Been back since leaving?
@Lilac-JadeCanada Oh yes…every year at least once until my mother died in 2002, and after that less often, but still regularly up until Covid really. I think the last time I was there was in 2018.
@Marionville Oh that's good, with the Covid exception of course.
Edinburgh was my father's father's place of birth, but other than that, I know pretty much nothing other that what I see online.
@Lilac-JadeCanada Oh..that means you have a connection to my home city…the city of my birth too. It really is the most beautiful city, and history is everywhere you look.
@Marionville Yes, there is that bit of Scot as well as English....my mother's mother was born in Darlington England.
Way more discernible in this version than in the much older version sung by the Tannahill Weavers, though of course Dougie may have sung that one as well. Pity about lack of focus in some photos. Were the cliffs at Noss Head? Different angle from my photos if they were. I think I recognised Durness.
rogerbenham
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Feb 22, 2023
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Amateur photographer…can’t actually say where they were taken.
Gorgeous scenery! Love the song Marje. I can understand why Queen Elizabeth loved being there so often. I've read that Edinburgh is the most beautiful city in Scotland. I hope to see it someday.
Redheadedgammy
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Feb 22, 2023
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I d hope you are able to visit one day too Rhonda.
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