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I'm a Dundonian

No place like Dundee absolutely NO place

The television has stopped a lot of these songs not getting made now

Hope she had a day job cos she canny chant

They were the good people Dundee not like now junkies my dad was a spinner my sister was a weaver me i was black watch

do any you rember sofia from the wellgate early 60 ties she was famous i lived in baltic street used see her she okay had a rep

Awesome you just made my 80 years old da well happy so cheers for posting that mate 👍

Brilliant brings back memories of learning this when little.

i hay fay dundee baltic street now the wellgate love old dundee xx

Reading whaling literature naturally brings me here! Black oak, tobacco juice, oil, and sweat!

Brought back many memories, thank you.

This song is from the album "Coorse And Fine, Songs And Ballads Of Dundee" (1985) Springthyme Records ‎- SPR 1017

I saw The Lowland folk Four on two occasions. Both in 1967. Loved them, and have this record album. But since it's travelled around a bit since '68, it is a little worse for wear. A little scratchy now but I still enjoy it.

My father sang all these songs when we were bairns I wish I could hear him now regards from Ontario Canada

Shenna Wellington

Haunting and beautiful Scotland, beautiful country hello from southern ireland,

The Balaena was owned by Robert Kinnes, who's company still exists today (in a form), and are still based in Dundee - Kinnes Shipping

There is a jute museum in Dundee called Verdent Works. I have there it does the Jute Mills justice❤❤❤❤

Came for the kookaburra laughter and got a kookaburra taking a dump as a bonus.

still a lot o poverty in dundee shame

They reckon there were 60,000 jute weavers in Dundee at one time. My mother and her two sisters were among them, starting at age fourteen. The generations that followed dont know who lucky we were.

Wish we had a few of your birds here in Chicago.

There's only one problem the machines could only go so fast , most oh the workers in the mills very happy and pleasant they were proud workers most of the canteens gave excellent food that cost about 4/-. Very cheap , a sausage roll out of wallaces 1/10 . The meals a lot of the kids at dinner time would eat with there mums , it's so sad dundee and tayside lost this important work which is carried on abroad ,I have worked since 1967 to 2023 as a weighing engineer at one time 36,000, then 16,000, I was last in the verdant about 1980 3 people ,ten years latter jute industries a small office 1 man 1 part time sectary, old stewarts cream of the barly , then Bonar long went , there's no much left of the old works oh dundee 😪😪

I remember with my mum and my uncle jimmie the smallest sailor in ww 2 , they could not find boots to fit him he had to wear wrens shoes , my mum was 4 ft 10 ins lol ,jimmie worked for Fenton the fish man use to drive a wee lorry, he took us to a dairy far just down from the mormon church is now the bottom of the road my be dryburgh farm ? The smell was auafully bad there was quite a few brick large farm sheds must have been 1952 , 🙂🙂

I was brought up in Kirrie in 40ties and horse was used in all sorts of farm work and transport, watching this video brings back happy memories though i didna have to go out and work like they did ,a hard life it was .

We had a Slim Clark LP around the house, when I was a kid, Yodel Train was a favorite of mine. Thanks for posting it. :-)

I aways hold this song in my heart learned it a school.. I'm 60 now and aye fae bonnie Dundee x

My mother used tell me about a blind melodian playing woman known as Blind Matty mother worked in a dairy in lochee when there was still farm land about mid 1930

There is so much packed into this poem, isn’t there? It’s like a whole FILM condensed to a few lines. Gorgeous reading. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🦄

Brilliant!

I got quails,cranes,vultures,blue jays,owls,falcons,woodpeckers,turkeys and many other species of birds in my Northern California backyard......

"Jag-time tune" not "rag-time."

Hermosísima canción!!! primera vez que la escucho y ya es una de mis favoritas

Not quiet the right words or tune .

This has to be a well known song in Scotland! It's so esey to remember the words even without the lyrics.

I get, looking at history.... that the irish and English were always trying to take scotland. Also the north people. But then .... when I look at scottish .......

I think this is a very American story-- a nation of immigrants and refugees and the indigenous, too, all mourning the loss of home, family, community. Powerful.

I stand on the sand of a French beach and across the sea I see the light of the rising sun shine upon the mountains of my home

Beautifully read. The way it should be. With understanding.

Anyone here from lockdown homeschooling

So nobody's interested in this anymore...? Im disappointed...

Great bothy ballad . Ive nae heard at ene afore . Happy new year fae wartle .

Why cant we have these in the usa

My grandad had two, at connon carmilie by Arbroath

1:20 it pooped.

The great Charlie Allan. What a character! Nobody better to sing about those days and ways.

Can relate to this a lot. Thank you

a great song by a great singer. Good to preserve the region's culture. As a laddie in the 50s, I went every year to Peter Fair, near Cullen, the ancient horse market that came immediately after Aikie.

The Hash O Bennagoak (Not perfect but will help understanding!) It's sax month come Mairtinmas I fee'd in Turra toon, They say that I wis the bra'est chiel in a' the country roon, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. Wullie come an fee'd me, Robbie nivver spoke, Tae come and ca the second pair at the Hash o Benagoak, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. Wir foreman's like a constable, he nivver fa's asleep, It's up and doon the lang rig, and nivver slacks a theet, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. The second horseman, at's masel, I ca' a pair o broons, Raisin ??? in the foreman's heels, I fairly keep ma roons, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. The third comes fae Fogieloan, he's a pinted chiel, His horse and his harness they're aye a lookin weel, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. Sharnie 't is the baillie, he's a sturdy chiel, It's roon aboot the kittlie neuks he gars the barra reel, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. Wi hae an orra man, and he's ??? the ploo, There's aye plenty orra jobs, and files there's neeps tae pu, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. Wullie rises in the mornin, he gies the door a crash, Hauls from oot aneth his pickie, says I think we'll hae a thrash, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. Wi hae an orra man, and he's ??? the ploo, There's aye plenty orra jobs, and files there's neeps tae pu, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. Wullie rises in the mornin, he gies the door a crash, Hauls from oot aneth his pickie, says I think we'll hae a thrash, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. Come a' ye jolly horseman, ye'll ging tae the ploo, The orra lad tae ca the neeps and Sharnie pullin fu, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. Wullie, he's a brither, he's a' wrang amon the feet, Tae see him walk aboot the close, he nearly gars ye greet, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. Syne they hiv a sister, she's ???, Faith she keeps the kitchie billies unco scant o maet, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. We hae a sonsie kitchie deem, her name is Betty Broon, I'll sweir tae tak a saiddle girth her middle tae gang roon, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o. Noo the author o this canty lay, if ye wint it tae be known, Jist spier ye at the herrin boats at the pier o Fogieloan, Wi a ring dum day, ring dum a day, ring dum diddle dum, a dandy-o.

The voice of this bird is amazing I am from India I want to see kookaburra from my eyes