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Sounds kinda dirty! :D But i know what it really mean!
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nice tune even if the name sounds like a porn site
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The pipes are made by Nigel Richard of Garvie Bagpipes.
I knew this tune from school days, i was given a reproduced copy of the playfords book, and there a loads of great tunes in it.
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The tune is in Playfords dancing master 1686, may be English. Beaver is obviously a hat.
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very nice - whose make pipes are they?
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Where would one buy a set of Border pipes like these?
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Here are the words by Robbie Burns
When first my brave Johnnie lad Came to this town,He had a blue bonnet That wanted the crown; But now he has gotten A hat and a feather,-- Hey, brave Johnnie lad,Cock up your beaver!
Cock up your beaver, And cock it fu'prush, We'll over the border And gie them a brush; There's somebody there We'll teach better behaviour-- Hey, brave Johnnie lad, Cock up your beaver!
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very nice tune, where i find the score for Bagpipe?
Regards,
Diego
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well, I mean fine and precise
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i ment loverly tune exuse the spelling..
When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town,
He had a blue bonnet that wanted the crown;
But now he has gotten a hat and a feather,
Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver!
Cock up your beaver, and cock it fu' sprush,
We'll over the border, and gie them a brush;
There's somebody there we'll teach better behaviour,
Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver!
Gojogongua 4 years ago
Well my maternal grandmother's maiden name was Burns, so who knows........
chrisormston 4 years ago