Andy Stewart - The Muckin' O" Geordie's Byre

[xxxsaradominrulezxxx]

how did i find this...

[Buzzcocks64]

Go on, Andy Stewart, and let all these sassenachs go "hoch na hoo aye the noo" all they like. You are a legend, they have no such tradition. Let them be for they are so sad.

[skinhead14881000]

whoop whoop alba gu brath for life

[BlaiddDrwg2009]

I've fallen in love with Scotland. <3

[rdvqc]

I remeber seeing Andy every few years. The Scottish Society in Montreal would bring him in to perform at Westmount High School. Always a grand show. He used to do a pretty good Elvis immitation (as I recall Elvis was still alive then).

[AYRAYR1]

anybody know where i can find the rumour by andy used to be on YT but canny find it noo

[3tangle3]

legend

[keppoch10]

memories of when i was young,brill

[praskovia13]

altogether now.... lol

[fringedweller99]

It means the cleansing of George's cow shed



[T1neo]

@fringedweller99 Even the domesticated animals were consumed with glee at the cleansing or Georgie's cow shed ;)

[bgg1971]

fine doric song

[7levelGI]

I never thought I'd hear this song again after I left Europe.. Thanks a lot

[DwSvHoTShoTz]

i no his Grand son

harris Beatie

[fringedweller99]

it brings a tear to a glass eye as I remember by Father singing this to me as a child

[fringedweller99]

me fathir yust ta sing this ta me. god rest his soul

[CenturyGamer]

Lets keep to the Authentic Scots language and forgo the Sasanach Dialect. Ha Ha. Retard

[BonAppetitDooshbag]

Oh the whisky gaed roun' Tammy flein' the doo'

And aye as they drank, the mair they got fou'

The only anes sober, the calf an' the coo

At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre.

Tammy roared oot "Ring the bell noo for mair"

Syne tuggit the coo's tail, and pu'd oot a hair;

When she kickit oot he gaed up in the air

At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre.

Chorus

[BonAppetitDooshbag]

Noo the bobby cam' roun' tae quell doon the soun'

The cratur got lost whaur the rucks hae their foun'

He feel in the midden and was like taw droon

At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre.

The weicht o' him syne sent the barrow in bits,

The wheel cairred on and the auld wife it hits;

Losh! ye should hae seen how she did the splits

At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre.

Chorus

[BonAppetitDooshbag]

Noo when I want taw lauchin' I think on the scene When a'body roub' aboot cam; ower tae clean, And clairted themsel's richt up taw the e'en At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre. Wi Robbie the Rochie and Willie the Doo, The auld wife hersel' an' Teeny McCrew; And a'body else the left aff the pleugh For the muckin' o' Geordie's byre. Oh! Siccan a sotter was a'body in, Five mile awa' ye could hear the din; Even the vera coo had to grin At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre.

[jimthecelt]

Question: What is a Scotsman?

Answer: An Irishman on his way to Canada!

Question. Why are the Scots Protestants?

Answer: Because the Irish are Catholics!

[jimthecelt]

Do you have any photos of your mother naked? Well I do; do you want to buy a set?!

[jimthecelt]

Send your mum over here to the States, and my friend Bubba will give her 'The Black Experience!' It will do her good!

[jimthecelt]

You are starting to bore me, you semi-literate wank. Sod off! I will delete untread any further messages from you. Tell Mum I said 'Hi,' and that she earned her money.

[jimthecelt]

Who, your mum? She'll like Bubba's better! He could make love to the 'Chunnel!'

[jimthecelt]

I'm not Black, I'm Irish-American (my parents are from Clare), you piece of racist rubbish. Stop the messages, I will delete all future ones unread.

Workers of the world, UNITE! K. Marx

[Pawnbroker00]

@jimthecelt Gotta love yankees who think they have something in common with real irish.

[praskovia13]

altogether now.....

[elle4tanka]

cleaning the barn and havin a wee dance and abody got blind right gid nicht

[kev2596]

I set a challenge for anyone on you tube to write up the lyrics for this song, i love but that would be some challenge

[barnowl01292]

Easy..but ah'm no a typist son....

[BillDFC]

That's nae a coo!  classic min!

[RKHageman]

Oh yeah... which recording actually has "That's nae a coo" bit in it? It's not this one... I checked.

[hiboz]

jaym8. ignoramus

[LALLYDOGGIECOOL]

what does the word "mucking" mean in this song?I know it has many meanings,but what does it mean in this song?

[ianamacl]

Muckin' means to muck out, clean out, get the muck out or, as it says in the song, the cleansing of ...

[teammabaws]

@LALLYDOGGIECOOL Muckin means cleaning as in the muckin oh geordies bire means the cleaning of georges cow shed

[odinstheboy777]

@LALLYDOGGIECOOL cleanin

[W1L5Y]

alex k mega mix

[snailmaze69]

oh what a wonderful song, and a wonderful singer,too! I had to google the lyrics to follow along, and I ended up laughing so hard I had tears!

[jaym8]

Cant understand a word he is saying, he sounds like someone shit down his throat!

[CenturyGamer]

Maybe honest scots folk cannot understand you with your innits and rahts

[wullies11]

Bloody brilliant.

[katycoyote]

lovin it reminds me of Pop me granda

[trootoo11]

its in doric, north east stylin'!!!

[thistleflower1955]

hahaha I love this I used to listen it many moons ago thanks for posting it I liked Andy.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

He always looked so smart - RIP Mr. Stewart. :-)

[wallacesgirl]

Thanks for posting!

[cookyk2]

His version is different tae the one I know, still, his is so much better! :p

[Traktorz1]

Great scottish song! Andy Stewart is great!!!

Scotland forever!!!!

[urabampot]

im a Canadian wae a Dah fae Larkhaw and mammy's fae Wishey!!...what a mix!!...learnt tae play the guitar and perform this song regularly with symphony players fae Regina Saskatchewan..wrote home tae see if ehm'dy culd figure oot the wurdz...im awfie close...tryin tae keep the tunes alive oor here..LMAO..cheers fae the wee man oor yonner!!..whas like uz!!...RIP Michael Farr...Larky...*schooch!!!...a­n a wee nip fur ursel azwell!!...

Sean

[GrannySea]

It was on the "B" Side of his fabulous hit, "A Scottish Soldier"....

[Xaxaora]

please subtitles !!!!! xD sounds really aswomes just wish i knew what it was bout ^^

[elthamlass]

Can't do subtitles as such, but here are the words for the first verse. You should be able to do a search on a good search engine for the lyrics, with a 'translation' of the Scottish dialect words:

At a relic aul' croft upon the hill,

Roon the neuk frae Sprottie's mill,

Tryin' a' his life tae jine the kill

Lived Geordie MacIntyre.

He had a wife a swir's himsel'

An' a daughter as black's auld Nick himsel',

There wis some fun-haud awa' the smell

At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre.

[TheNotsoGreatGatsby0]

So it's in Scottish Gaelic?

[moominpic]

TheNotsoGreatGatsby, no, it's Scots which is the language of Scotland (particularly the lowlands). It's the language which Robert Burns, the national poet, wrote in (it's related to English but has a stronger Germanic/Scandinavian grammar, I believe)

[75thrgt]

moominpic yes the Germanic/Scandinavian grammer ))) and pronouce id say ))

[ALBIONTYKE]

I think Billy Connelly would have seen through me. It was a piss take !!

[AndiBabiie]

legand :D x

[crazyman543]

i ger piz tintid i bizim wiiz deen and i beraa hid rowed its leen

irz amazin!!!!!!! :¬)

bit yi hiv tae bee a guid scot tae understand it

[thomasking55]

Any chance of a translation? I'm only slightly Scottish...

[Bremsterz]

If you listen again you`ll find a partial translation near the end,if ye canna mak oot fit he`s singin efter that then yer a gype :-)

[eirrac54]

Aye, 'the cleansing of geordie's cow shed'...

ye 'muck oot' the byre efter ye mulk the coo's (cye)... eh, you clean out... aw nivver mind...

[ALBIONTYKE]

Andy Stewart was infact Welsh and changed his name. fact

[ianamacl]

Wrong! He was born on 30 December, 1933 at Redlands Maternity Home, Great Western Road, Glasgow. He had nothing whatsoever to do with Wales.

[ianamacl]

Wrong! He was born on 30 December, 1933 at Redlands Maternity Home, Great Western Road, Glasgow. He had absolutely nothing to do with Wales.

[hibeesrules]

"ALBIONTYKE"

y is ther always a wanker like u who has to put an end to a "myth" or sumthin sumones grown up with. just keep ur crap 2 urself

[ianamacl]

so true hibeesrule!  Thanks!

[AndiBabiie]

he was not welsh :| hees scottish ya arse!

[drogoscg]

Listen to this song while pounding bong tokes while watching Spongebob Squarepants and you might just get it.

[dobbs2712]

takes me back to my parent's NI farm, the 45 on the old turntable and not a pop song in sight!!

[graham1281]

Aye, one of the greats indeed

[shynyanga]

memories of nerday at my ol grannys.great times.nice one andy.

[anSiarach]

"sung in the true Scottish language." - strange, it doesnt sound much like Gaelic. Sounds a lot more like Scottish English.

[elthamlass]

The song originated in NE Scotland and some of the words are local to the dialect from that region. If you're keen to nit pick, here are the words for you to mull over of the first verse:

At a relic aul' croft upon the hill,

Roon the neuk frae Sprottie's mill,

Tryin' a' his life tae jine the kill

Lived Geordie MacIntyre.

He had a wife a swir's himsel'

An' a daughter as black's auld Nick himsel',

There wis some fun-haud awa' the smell

At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre.

[moominpic]

Elthamlass, those lyrics are the Robert Burns ones, not the ones Andy sings.

[elthamlass]

Robert Burns? Please show me a link for Robert Burns' version of this! I'd LOVE to see that!!! The lyrics shown by me ARE the ones sung by Andy Stewart - listen carefully!

[moominpic]

Hi,

I've sent the links to you. The choruses are different and the songs are slightly different stories.

[Jl200]

aats a braa tune ken :D

ah wis haein a rare rave awa tee it! ;)

[alfredbroadmoor]

My Grandma LOVED Andy Stewart. This makes me think of her and happy holidays in - of all places - Cambuslang. Not exactly a prime vacation spot...but I'll always remember it through the filter of Grandma and grandpa. And the tram from Burnside,past Shawfield Stadium, through Rutherglen, into Glasgow. Different times. The ice cream man and double nuggets! Trips to Ibrox (I'man atheist now!)

[Blueorby18]

bring back the White Heather Club

[shonajw]

sung in the true Scottish language.

[northerngreywolf]

Again thanks for posting.

jtmcl

[brumben]

Fantastic! Thanks so much for posting this, remember it from years ago - never fails to raise a smile.

[Tintalasia]

Thank you!!! Now this is one I would have loved the lyrics to. I'm sure some of the words I sing along are not quite accurate hahaha!