Old Blind Dogs - Edward (Scottish Folk Ballad)

[newsatone]

Glé mhath :)

[FairytaleIsland]

I love it when men sing Celtic!!! This is a class by itself!!! :)

[gdemat0s]

Great song...

[AgentSoz]

Occasionally I really can't get what he's saying without looking at the lyrics... but that makes it epicly magical.

[goosebagman]

@SyawnFox "My dear son now tell to me-o"

[iTzFelixx]

epic accent language and song

[jrt364stmlfr7]

i could listen to this song forever!!

[hondorider74]

Love me some OBD.

[skullandcrossbonez]

love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yarinsl45]

Sound strange :/

[ryckimae]

@SyawnFox

[recruiter40]

I first came across this song in a book with middle english authors and such, there was no music with it, I can't help but wonder if this band didn't play with it a bit to make it there's and also a bit more scottish, the origonal text is definately Middle english, but scots is very similar to that.

[TsesiChisholm]

As far as the differences of "English" versus "Scots", check out this BBC documentary video on the English Language. Search for "The Story of English episode 4 - The Guid Scots Tongue - Part 1 / 7"

[alonshwarts]

nice

[MooseTactic]

Is it really Scottish? I thought it was just middle English. I'll have to go back and check the wording in my English Text book, but this ballad was taught in my English class. The teacher said it was middle English.

[superraptor65]

@MooseTactic yes, its not english but "scots" a language from the scottish lowlands but similar to english

i put the translation underneath for those that don't know scots

[seppunku]

I don't understand this English but it's a fantastic song!!!

[SilverSussies]

As soon as this video starts, you have Scottish as "Scotish" Why? You can change it in "edit video" that's awful!

[liyahaleema1]

i loved every second of the song......even though i didnt understand a thing!! *hearts*

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 i can offer translation for you,this is scots,my first language

[liyahaleema1]

@superraptor65 wow thanks! that would be great!!

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 whats your email as the songs to big to fit in comments

[liyahaleema1]

@superraptor65 u can just inbox me. im not sure posting my email id on a public page is such a good idea!

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 Why does your brand so drop with blood

Young Edward, oh young Edward?

Why does your brand so drap with blood

And why are yu so sad?

Why does your brand so drap with blood

Young Edward, oh young Edward?

Why does your brand so drap with blood

And why are you so sad?

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 I have killed my good hawk My dear mother, my dear mother I have killed my good hawk And I had no more but he O I have killed my good hawk My dear mother, my dear mother I have killed my good hawk And I had none but he O Your hawks blood was never so red Young Edward, oh young Edward Your hawks blood was never so red Some other dule you drie O Your hawks blood was never so red Young Edward, oh young Edward Your hawks blood was never so red Sum other dule ye drie O

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 I have killed my horse

My dear mother, my dear mother

I have killed my horse

That was ever so fair and free O

I have killed my horse

My dear mother, my dear mother

I have killed my horse

And I had none but he O

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 Your horse was old, and you have got more

Young Edward, oh young Edward

Your horse was old, and you have got more

Sum other dule ye drie O

Your horse was old, and you have got more

Young Edward, oh young Edward

Your horse was old, and you have got more

Sum other dule ye drie O

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 So what shall you do for that Young Edward, oh young Edward? So what shall you do for that? My dear son, now tell to me O What shall you do for that Young Edward, oh young Edward? What shall  you do for that? My dear son, now tell to me OI will sail in thatboat My dear mother, my dear mother I will sail in that boat And away and over the sea O I will sail in that boat My dear mother, my dear mother I will sail in that boat And away and over the sea O

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 And what will you do wth your towers and hall?

Young Edward, oh young Edward?

And what will you do with your towers and hall

That were so nice to see O?

And what will you do with your towers and hall

Young Edward, oh young Edward?

And what will you do with your towers and ha?

You will never see them again O

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 Let them stand until they fall down

My dear mother, my dear mother

Let them stand until they fall down

For i wont see them again O

Let them stand until they fall down

My dear mother, my dear mother

Let them stand until they fall down

For i willl never see them again O

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 The warldis room, let them beg

My dear mother, my dear mother

The warldis room, let them beg

For i will never see them again

The warldis room, let them beg

My dear mother, my dear mother

The warldis room, let them beg

For i never will see them again

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 The curse of hell shall you bear

My dear mother, my dear mother

The curse of hell shall yeou bear

For the advice you gave to me O

The curse of hell shall you bear

My dear mother, my dear mother

The curse of hell shall you bear

For the counsel you gave to me O

[superraptor65]

@liyahaleema1 dont kow what inbox mean so i'll just put it in sections in the comments

[spongebobnik]

I have never heard this famous ballad sung, but you do it superbly. As an English teacher I always included it in high school poetry and kids really like it, but I never knew how to properly pronounce the words. I could not fit it neatly into Middle English but the comments here explain why. Thank you! I am going to share it with our local library poetry group.

[CliveMerrisonFan]

Thank you for including the lyrics.

[dementedsweetie]

OH MAN, this is ALL. SORTS. OF AWESOME. This is my most favorite piece I've ever taken up in class.

For those who are curious, this is in Middle English, which is actually pretty close-sounding to Gaelic. It's still fairly understandable English when you read it, it just sounds different when spoken aloud.

[superraptor65]

@dementedsweetie this isnt middle english,its scots,i should know as its my first language,its simalar though,but no middle english

[dementedsweetie]

@superraptor65 Oh. Hahaha. Close enough :D

[bjarkena]

@dementedsweetie It's in Scots, not Middle English.

[NoyGluckstad]

I love this allad. we studiesd about it in literature haha xD it was hilarious. we used to call him "eddie, eddie"

[cassius969]

The christians brough know how and equipment to produce medicine and they used it to invent whisky XD. You gotta love the scots (or were it the irish?)

[cherry1518]

Bellissima!! ♥ *_*

Chissà che dice..

[Canide85]

@cherry1518 Sembra medio-inglese di frontiera con la Scozia, bene o male il senso si capisce. la madre ha consigliato al figlio di uccidere il padre, e ora questo si danna e vuole fuggire per mare per scampare al rimorso...

[cherry1518]

@Canide85 aah okok ora mi è più chiaro :) ti ringrazio!!! :D

[alexis13thirteen]

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.

[FuriousPumpkin]

this is actually from the child ballads it was called Edward Edward. cool

[BS6SW]

This is absolutely Brilliant. I love this kind of stuff.

[VampireDiariesIsrael]

it's beautiful .. !

i love it so much ( :

[BionicleMushroom]

i used to hate this song in literature leason, but it was translated to hebrew, and without music.

now i cant stop pressing the replay button!

[alanvt1]

What is "Scots"? simply a Northumbrian dialect!(Anglian) comments invited!Mmmm.

[CeltCraft]

According to Old Blind Dogs album notes they found this in a book of children's songs or poetry. Edward has just killed his father, and at first lies to his mother about it, saying he's been hawking, or killed his steed. Then, when he admits to it, he blames his mother. He is planning on running away, and letting his wife and children fend for themselves. Those who say it is written in Scots are correct. It's not Gaelic.

[liiii12]

SPEACHLESS

[gbochi]

Beautiful, Strong... love this music... thanks for posting...!

[PsychedelicTeen]

Okay...I appreciate all the input about the language but I think we get the point now. So let's just leave it be and enjoy the song. Thanks again everyone!

[dorice54]

@PsychedelicTeen

I find this 'English' stuff silly. I remember my grandfather, a Northumbrian from Tynedale, singing in 'English', and those Home Counties folk would think it was a foreign language ! So what do we mean by 'English' ?

Good song, good band, and even this old Terie (Hawick) could follow it.

[pirbird14]

@dorice54 According to a documentary I recently saw on the history of English, the language spoken by Lowland Scots developed from the Northumbrian dialect after the Scandinavian invasions separated the northern part of modern England from the southern part. It is recognized as a separate language in its own right.

Scottish English developed in Scotland amongst the educated classes after unification with England and is sometimes considered a dialect and sometimes a language. See Wikipedia.

[bobknightfolk]

Very good

[SuperArschloch3000]

God bless the scottish greetings from good old Germany

[emeraldkim92]

@PsychedelicTeen gaelic is as close to english as welsh. they're nothing like each other. gaelic is an ancient language spanning back no-one knows how long, english is relatively new.

[dnaivnae]

lovely tuneXD

[The40thThief]

Love this song. Amazing. If only I could understand it without the lyrics.

[croprock]

seeing them on Sat

[Demyxman12]

this is brilliant, thanks for the words, old Scots. Love it

[loppan109]

i can hear the most of the song and what he is singing :D

[moominpic]

@PsychedelicTeen Totally different languages. A[part from afew loans words, no real similarities. The song is in Scots. That said, it's a very old ballad (found in many poetry collections) and many old ballads, English and Scots, are in dialect (border dialect, regional Scots etc) so it's sometimes hard to tell where they are from.

[ThePizzadude93]

Scotland looks great for a Lord of the Rings movie OR better, The Legend of Zelda! AWESOME! LONG LIVE SCOTLAND.

[DieSchwarzeEva]

wunderful mood isn´t it?

[Trigaranus]

Is there seriously a "controversy" about what language this is? the lyrics are there for everybody to see, and it's as Scots as the kirk and "lang may yer lum reek" -- no Gaelic, no Urdu, English only in the loosest sense of the word.

[batosato]

believe it or not but there are many words in Gaelic (in this song) that are very similar to Urdu......

[sydalee9433]

It's in english but it's written in scottish dialect. It's from the middle ages, when ballads were the only real "literature" of the common people. most ballads are from the north of england and/or scotland. anyway, it's english. just got a rather strong accent. beautiful song, by the way.

and guys it's on iTunes if you have access to that and you want the song.

[ShawnMacAndrew]

@sydalee9433

Nae loon. it´s nae in medieval sassenach. it´s scottish ..

an' it´s nae jist an accent

[RobertTheBruce1000]

Good song! I like this Scottish-Gaelic accent! Beautifull pictures! I want to go back to Scottland!

[PocusUK]

I think people have a problem discerning language from dialect.

[moominpic]

@PocusUK a language is a dialect with a bigger army.

[Steph9737]

wow, only 90 likes... ufff people has no ears today :(

this song is amazing!! i really like their music, greetz from so far

[SilverWolfMoon]

Oh, and this is from the 1999 album "The World's Room" :)

(the first with Jim Malcolm on vocals, replacing Ian F. Benzie)

[SilverWolfMoon]

@PsychedelicTeen According to the OBD's album notes, they sing in the North-Eastern Scots dialect called 'Doric' (there are several different Scots dialects from across the country).

Scottish Gaelic (very similar to Irish Gaelic), is a native 'foreign' language, and doesn't sound at all like English.

[randallscott25]

This is not English. This is Scots. Scots, although it sounds as if it were truly english, is in fact a different language. The way words are said, phraseology of sentence structures are in fact more intune with Gaelic thought then they are of the English mind. Case in point.

Where as an English speaker states How is everyone?

A Gaelic speaker would phrase it as (in english) How is you all.

Simple example, you would have to understand gaelic to understand what I'm saying.

[Mulniyah]

Erm... This song isn't in English... It is in Scots/ Braid Scots. His accent really isn't that thick, its that it is Scots, which is considered a whole different language, that has many similarities to English.

[inverkenny]

it's in braid Scots, not english.

[nolasnail07]

@PsychedelicTeen This song isn't in Gaelic; it's in a Scottish dialect of English. Gaelic is quite different from English.

[Dakashizzlenizzle]

i love folk music for some reason lol

[Andy17]

yer hauks blood wis never sae reed - your hawks blood was never so red? young edward...i vaguely recall it was to do with a mpother question her son about a bloody sword. i cant really remember how the ballad goes.

[nightskull23]

@Andy17

After listening to it 3 times I believe the mother is questioning why Edward is covered in blood, and he says he killed his hawk! She then says the hawks blood isint that red! So then he says he killed his horse, to which she replays the steed was how he got there (or something) so then Edward admits that he killed his father. His mom says how will you pay for that, so he wants to sail away over the sea and forget all his things and family. Then he tells his mom to go to hell.

[DizzMcFunk]

@nightskull23

haha.. perfect.

[richardhanna0]

great song and video !! well done! just wonderful

[NimrodElTzane]

hmm i like it Music is great byt vid is great too (nice fotos :) )

and so u have the lyrics Down there: damn it too much letters :P i send it to u @PsychedelicTeen

[PsychedelicTeen]

@viss3n, sorry I only have this song (I ripped it from a mix cd my teacher gave me).

[viss3n]

@PsychedelicTeen do you got the song Old Blind Dogs - To the Beggin' I Will Go ??

i want it

[NimrodElTzane]

@viss3n when i want to hear To The Beggin' I Will Go Old Blind Dogs I ussualy use:

www_we7_com/#/song/Old-Blind-D­ogs/To-The-Beggin-I-Will-Go (dunno why cannot post all entire link)

[GoddessOdd]

the lyrics can be found online at Celtic Lyrics corner

[GoddessOdd]

@GoddessOdd I can not post the actual link, but search Celtic Lyrics Corner.net, then OBD then Edward. He tells his mother he killed his hawk, then his horse, then his father. Interestingly, he curses Mom to Hell in the final verse, for the counsel she gave him...more to the story than immediately apparent.

[JoshThaJew]

its about a young man named edward who comes home with blood on his knife and his mom wants 2 know what its from so he says from his horse who plowed the fields for him.mom; your horses blood wasnt that red.he said it was from his roan steed to wich his mother said that it was old and he has got more so why do u greive he then says he killed his bavradere-brother over a lass his mom asks what he'll do when father returns from town. he'll sail in yonder boat...etc

[MrAlashwal]

although i don't understand the language, but the music is so beautiful and also the views are amazing...

[VanyCelticMagic]

It isn't gaelic, right? haha :P because i can understand something :D :D

[89chevalier]

@PsychedelicTeen English and Gaelic are VERY far apart.

[TheAmericanNative]

This isn't Gaelic. This is English with a very, very strong Scottish accent.

[MacMan282]

This was the music i grew up too. ahaha, would never change it.

[catolupus]

Its funny how the description attributes the lead singers accent to the difficulty of understanding of the ballad. You are aware this ballad is a combination of both English and English with Scottish dialect.

[nilti]

Is this actually the song Brahms based his Ballad in D Minor on?

[2113821138]

beautifull, slainte alba:)

[suuzzee5]

Absolutely awesome!

[guitarcat5]

I'm going to learn how to play a bodhran....and I think i'll do it now ..to this ! It's great! SO rhythmic.And the photos are fantastic!

[mpzancanaro]

The singer's true accent is, too, what make this song wonderful!!! Loved it!!

[MrSweetpea42]

The music reminds me of a little pub in Greenloaning, just outside Stirling. The pictures bring back memories of Central and Western Scotland, Glencoe and Fort William.

[Narusayshi]

i seriously love this song. but i can get it anywhere :(

[EdwardChibisan]

It's up on iTunes now =D

[VanyCelticMagic]

@Narusayshi Concerning the music, i advise you to download "Free Youtube to mp3 converter". It's totally free and, copying and pasting the url, you'll get in a minute your song. =)

[Narusayshi]

@VanyCelticMagic actually, shortly after i viewed this video, i did get that, and got this song!!!! but thanks for answering anyway, now everyone else who cant find this song anywhere can get it like us :) thank you!

[ahoyadave]

Classic folk ballad. Similar to "Lord Randal", in which Lord Randal leaves his true love who has poisoned him "hell and fire".

[funkmasterj1]

this is about a young man who had came home with blood on his sword. His mother asks him what it is he says he killed his hawk - she says thats too much blood - he says i killed my horse - she says no it isnt your horse was old and you have many more - He said i killed my father - Imleaving in a boat - my family will have to beg and my houses will stand til they fall - What do you leave for your mother? - The curse of hell I leave for you mother

[crlcripps]

I've heard a version, too, where Edward has killed his brother, and that's the reason for his leaving. He commands his mother to explain to his father for him, then, apparently, buggers off into song history.

[xReViVeD]

@funkmasterj1

i understood this song in a slightly different way, however your "translation" was pretty close to what i though of the song.

[funkmasterj1]

This song is rediculous! I love it. LOVE IT. Brit lit class listened to it. This is excellent.

[crlcripps]

Hmmm...be interesting, wouldn't it, if we gave a bunch of these old Child ballads to a class of high school kids and told them to update them, stories and all. Might be a good way to convince them that good songs weren't just written yesterday, but have always been around.

[simplic10]

Wonderful song & great job with the pictures!

[crlcripps]

Yeah, the pics make you want to travel, don't they?

[SRone45]

Cherokee?

[funkmasterj1]

Didnt have to be that blunt with it. ALthough true - English, chinese, hatian, vietnamese, african american, nigerian, cherokee. (O.O)

[hitomi4u]

That is not a nice thing to say =[

[SicSemperTyrannis87]

This is the origins of country music.

[thunderwinde]

If you want lyrics to the song, with a translation into English English, let me know.

[VanZen88]

Hi, I'm actually interested in the lyrics and the translation into English of this song.

Can you please write it there, or send it to me via private message? Thanks

[thunderwinde]

He is not singing in Gaelic at all. It's Scots, actually, which is a dialect of English spoken in Lowland Scotland. The most famous example (as in, one someone unfamiliar with the language would recognise) is the eponymous phrase in the song Auld Lang Syne.

[wryguy007]

It IS Old Blind Dogs! They have an amazing number of great songs and are a blast to listen to and see live.

[freethinking7]

Eh, I think the reason people might not be able to understand him is that he is singing in Gaelic. No-one's accent is that bad!

[NorthLimitation]

Haha nah this isn't Scots Gaelic! It's just Scots in a thick accent.

[PsychedelicTeen]

Really! Thanks, I'll check this out right away! I absolutely love this song and always wanted to hear more by them!

[tshoebat]

i'm pretty sure the band who's singing this is "Old Blind Dogs"

[odin422]

WHAT PICTURES!!! WOW!!!