The Corries Jonny Lad

[Action23Man]

where is this???

[MrHaggis03]

2014........INDEPENDENCE !

[13agibson]

My dad used to play this on the guitar when I was a toddler. Needless to say its been one of my favourite songs ever since.

[SauzeeGod]

AYE, home rule for ingerland, i'd vote for that, TIGH AR LATHA!!!

[Action23Man]

what does Roy shout 1:04??

[rabnuds]

@Action23Man He shouts "Hear ye now! as in "lets hear you now"

[IanMathewson1]

Haven't heard that one for at least 40 years. Thanks for posting

[Staceeymarshall]

i love this song but it always sets me in tears it was played at my grans funeral and i think its really good aswell :/

[barnowl01292]

@Staceeymarshall

Guid on your Gran sweetheart,

Rejoice in what she was and did,

I don't want anyone greetin' at mine,

Once died, yer in a better place...

[TheRockinjock]

i absolutely love this tune, known these huys aw ma life and plan on makin ma weans love them just as much as maself and father and his father before...

[MAGC1966]

I'm a proud Englishman... but I was turned on to The Corries about a million years ago by a Scottish teacher. They are magnificent and Johnny Lad is an absolute classic. The Corries can make you laugh and cry in the course of the same album. They were true geniuses and loved south of the border too.

[Delph1s]

Just beautiful

[blah3939393]

now shut up! for the intellectual verse's

if they get their way at westminster they'll pawn your bloody kilt

too bloody true :P

[dangledoop]

Homerule for England, just love it lol

[mrbonedigger]

'A bought a wife in in edindbury for a bobee'.

This was a good time.

Oh we are payin fer it now

[MsCailleach]

Have always loved this. Great performance!

[JeannieTomlin]

You're right , EMesaros, "Shu' up" is closer to it. But I love that and the way Roy laughs at him. A great moment.

I'd point out that I love this -- but I say that about every Corry song. I always found this the funniest of their comedy ones though.

My all time favorite is Liberty though. The best song they ever did, even better than Flower of Scotland and when I say that, as usual I make someone mad. lol

[JeannieTomlin]

Then that probably explains that. :-)

[AyeWeCan]

and at STV Cowcaddens i think?

[AyeWeCan]

fab - "english home rule!" Whit a great, unthreatening way of putting it. And in a fbb song

[JeannieTomlin]

I don't have the lyrics to that particular verse, but it is a great one!

[JeannieTomlin]

The Duke was in the parlour eating bread and honey

The Queen was in the treasury fiddling Scotland's money

And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad

Now Johnny was a bonnie lad until they took him in

He had his operation and now they call him Mary!

And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad

[JeannieTomlin]

I always assumed they were saying shoon until i found the lyrics on the internet where it said shin. But I think you're right. Shin doesn't make sense but shoon does.

[Sexysixpackboy]

could anyone send me the lyrics?

[JeannieTomlin]

My pleasure:

Ah bought a wife in Edinburry fur a baw bee

And then I got a penny back tae buy tabaccy wi'

And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad

Now Samson was a michty man and he fed on fish and chips

He bauchled round the Gallowgate just pickin' up the dips

And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad

[EMesaros]

To Sexysixpackboy--Lol oh what a name! Here's another verse I picked up fromthe Clancy Br.--Now Johnny is a bonny lad; he is a lad of mine: I've never had a better lad though I've had twenty-nine!

[JeannieTomlin]

"Now shut up--" Makes me really laugh.

[EMesaros]

To Jeannie Tomllin--Oh yes! "shu' up," more precisely! I just love Ron Brown in this! He is so brilliant, and he always seems so dignified and grown-up, and here he is being the complete ROWDY! Love it!

[scottishnproudman]

Jine in ..you tae! Quality!!

[mrbonedigger]

shut up! keep in time though, u tae.

I love this best of my land

[SpectreII]

Unfortunately I am not a Scotsman, Wish I was

This is freeking brilliant

[mmlelievre]

Trip down memory lane!! Love this song

[oronsay10]

Ah happy days, I am sure ah was in the crowd

[jamiereidit]

If you know the song, you have to sing it.....

Everything they fought for over the years, Scottsih Hero's

[davidroot8]

the credit crunch anthem. i love this song

they are just great. the great scots

[alhislop]

Quality Song!! Absolutley Love the pair of them!! RIP Roy!!

[Maksimfan]

They did more for Scotland in their time than the sctooish nationalist party. great lads! wish I had met Roy :(

NOW SHU' UP!...for the intelectual verses! classic!

[Nooberal]

A wonderful trip down memory lane.

[TacticusPrime]

when england gets home rule, good one.

[Snadd1987]

MOAN THE CORRIES!

[taxiscot]

for those who dont know the scottish language moan mean c'mon

[ScottishExile16]

Brilliant. Brings back memories of the Usher Hall in Edinburgh with The Corries

[puppetz316]

makes the hairs on the back o yer neck stand up an shout. Brilliant. an wi you an wi you an wi you ma johnny lad.........

[PinkoCommyCoulter]

Keep it in time now!!

[dazzanumber3]

...you as well.

[donaldsjxx]

awesome

[alexairlie]

aye! great stuff!

[damar51]

Just Superb!

[scottishnat]

Brilliant. Independence for England and Scotland.