Talk:The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie

message: In 1965 the Canadian group The Courriers recorded a mono version of this song on vinyl LP with the following Lyrics:
As we marched down to Fennario, (Fenn Ayre eye Oh)
As we marched down to Fennario,
As we marched down to Fennario,
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove, 
And they called her name Pretty Peggy-o.
Come trippin' down the stairs Pretty Peggy-o.
Come trippin' down the stairs Pretty Peggy-o.
Come trippin' down the stairs Pretty Peggy-o.
Combin' back your yellow hair.
Our Captain loves only you Pretty Peggy-o.
Won't you marry me Pretty Peggy-o?
Won't you marry me Pretty Peggy-o?
Won't you marry me Pretty Peggy-o?
Oh so happy we will be.
I'm in love with you Pretty Peggy-o!
I won't marry you Sweet William-o.
I won't marry you Sweet William-o.
I won't marry you Sweet William-o.
I won't marry you for your uniform is blue,
The men wear grey in Fennario.
If ever I return, Pretty Peggy-o
If ever I return, Pretty Peggy-o
If ever I return, Pretty Peggy-o
If ever I return, it's this city I will burn,
I'll ravage all the ladies in Fennario.
Sweet William he is dead, pretty Peggy-o.
Sweet William he is dead, pretty Peggy-o.
Sweet William he is dead, pretty Peggy-o.
Sweet William he is dead, he died for a maid.
He's buried neath a hill in the country-o.
This rendition is done in a three part harmony with a woman taking solos on the feminine lines and a man doing solo when the males speak in the song.  It would seem to imply that this song was also adapted for the American civil war with Peggy-o being Confederate and William being Union.  It gives the song a completely new context.  The album was recorded on RCA Camden recordings with a limited release in Canada.
Cut this out because it was in "Notes".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.179.26.249 (talk) 17:23, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
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message: There doesn’t seem to be anything about the fact that the traditional Scottish melody isn’t the one used by many recording artists; to my ear, the Simon & Garfunkel opening is actually derived from the chorus of a different Scottish folk-tune (also from the North East of Scotland), “The Barnyards o’ Delgatey" (Roud 2136) (which shares the melody with the later “Rhynie”, another Bothy Ballad of the N.E.).
I’m not a music historian or buff, I just was taught traditional songs at school, so I’ve nothing else to add really, but does anyone know what tune Simon & Garfunkel, The Grateful Dead, et al., are using? Jock123 (talk) 13:34, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Melody