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Jock o'Hazeldean
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This is a recording of one of my favourite Scots Border songs, by Sir Walter Scott, the story of John Scott of Hassendean and his English runaway bride from Westmorland.
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Solo singer-songwriter and tunesmith playing British fingerstyle steel and nylon string guitar, and historic instruments. Scots and Irish influences.
I've been writing and playing songs and tunes since teenage years in folk clubs and pubs. I co-organise the Kelso Friday night live music sessions at the Cross Keys (hosted singaround 7.45-10pm) and Cobbles Inn (10-12pm open mic with The Cobbles Band) with the help of many friends. All welcome! Visit us at kelsofolkandlive co uk. It is worth clicking on the tab because the sound quality of my tracks is far higher than the auto player on this page. Many can be streamed or downloaded at 320KBps and the enhancement for solo guitar/voice far exceeds the benefit you get for highly compressed band recordings. My recordings are full dynamic, not compressed. Just select Hi-Fi for the first song, and an MP3 high bitrate window will open - you will still get a sequence of songs. Most of my downloads are free, but some 320KBps tracks are paid-for. These are selected because they make up my main instrumental album. I now have a YouTube page and have started doing some video recordings for fun: @daviddkilpatrick I have mainly played Lowden guitars since 1999. I current play a 1985 S5FN (nylon string), 1986 S22 (jumbo O-size mahogany/cedar), and 1995 S32 (small body rosewood/spruce). I also play my own 1997-built Martin 'kit' Grand Auditorium rosewood/spruce, a Sigma OM-T, Furch Little Jane, Tacoma Papoose, Guild 8-string baritone, Vintage V880 parlour guitar and Gordon Giltrap signature model, a Troubadour mahogany/spruce classical and an Adam Black 12-string. And that's just the guitars... also viola, mandolin, mandola, waldzither, bouzouki, Appalachian dulcimer, low D whistle, keyboards.
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Peak #47
Peak in subgenre #17
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David Kilpatrick
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David Kilpatrick 2007
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January 09, 2007
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MP3 3.7 MB 192 kbps 4:03
Story behind the song
The song picture by Ailsa, my daughter, shows the precarious view over Hassendean (Hazeldean) from Fatlips Castle near Minto in the Teviot Valley. The prospective daughter-in-law of Lord Errington, from Langley Dale on the western English border march, eloped with Sir John Scott (Jock) of Hassendean on the Scots side instead. Sir Walter Scott wrote the song for his daughter Sophie to play on harp and guitar, which she learned. My arrangement includes a guitar version of the harp/piano introduction written for the song at the time. The song was recorded using the first new Blondel II travel cittern-guitar delivered by my Romanian makers in 2007. This has no steel in the neck, but a three-part maple and acacia laminate, plus a sonokeling rosewood fingerboard and a classical style rosewood bridge. Ths instrument is 150 grams lighter than the original Blondel. The tuning is drop D and the vocal mic is an ACK C2000B, the guitar is picked up by two Behringer C2s. My Roland VS880 was adapted to use CompactFlash cards for this recording, email my if you are curious!
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Why weep ye by the tide, lady? Why weep ye by the tide? I'll wed ye to my youngest son, And ye shall be his bride! Ye shall be his bride, ladie, sae comely tae be seen! But aye she loot the tear doon fa', fer Jock o'Hazeldean Now let this wilfu' grief be done, And wipe yer cheek sae pale! Young Frank is Chief of Errington And lord o' Langley Dale. His step is first in peacefu' ha' His sword in battle keen! But aye she loot the tear doon fa' fer Jock o'Hazeldean For chains of gowd ye shall not lack Nor braid to bind yer hair! Nor mettled hound, nor managed hawk, Nor palfrey fresh and fair! And you the foremost of them all will ride, our Forest Queen! But aye she loot the tear doon fa', fer Jock 'Hazeldean The church (alt - kirk) was decked at morningtide The tapers glimmered fair The priest and bridegroom wait the bride Both dame and knight are there They seek her baith in ha' and bower The lady isnae seen! She's owr the border and awa' wi Jock o'Hazeldean!
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