Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa Dougie MacLean

[snapperjohn1000]

I first heard this song many many years ago when i lived in the pensacola florida area. Each weekend I would tape Fiona Ritchies thistle and shamrock broad casting from the university in pensacola.Over the years after repeated listening I taught my self celtic finger style guitar and developed a greater understanding of celtic ballads and composition.I have written several celtic finger style compositions for guitar,A mornings ride, the yellow brick jig,and mcguires whistleing hornpipe

[franer84]

ye robert burns wrote it,lovely stuff!

[aflindsay]

Love this song!!

[kiikiu]

CGCGCD# Capo 5 for anyone looking for the guitar tuning :D

[bedsitsongbird33]

what a voice dougie has one of a kind magic

[KalahariKAri]

Love Dougie MacLean, and love Robert Tannahill: what a combination! A good place for Tannahill info can be found online if you look up the Robert Tannahill Federation. Lots of lyrics and everything there. Ah, now to find more Doogie! :-)

[analfun69]

Lyric is by Robert Tannahill but melody written (or written down from an old air) by Alexander Campbell and known as "Lord Balgonie's favourite". Writers often composed a new lyric for old songs in the 19th century and earlier. Burns never composed a tune to my knowledge for example.

[scotlit]

Not by Burns but Robert Tannahill of Paisley.

He wrote some bonny songs too

[BelindaKyle]

It's a a lovely old folk song in Scots, the lowland dialect we can understand (as opposed to the Gaelic, another language). I think the lyrics were written by Robert Burns. One of my favorites.

[kiikiu]

Dougies best song, stole the chord sequence from the piano theme song though, but beautiful guitar and lyrics.

[Highland804]

@kiikiu I think it might be the other way around. I think this is an old song.

[itsablack1]

@kiikiu No he didn't, the composer of the music for the movie cam across the tune and used it for his puposes. It's by Robert Tannahill. ;-)

[clauhammer]

I've never heard this one...its excellent! Love it!

[Highland804]

Oh, I love this!

[glaoud]

Beautiful son with superb part of guitar .

In my "Favoris" *****. J.C.

[MoyaPresland]

This is one of my favorite Dougie Songs

[MoyaPresland]

This is so haunting one of my favourite Dougie songs ever. Reminds me of my family on Skye.

[Lamediluce]

Bello!!!