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Upon the Moss o Burreldale
Sung by Jim Reid on Jim Reid: I Saw the Wild Geese Flee
Traditional arranged by Jim Reid/Springthyme Music © 1984
Very much a song of travelling folk, Jim learned this from the traditional singer the late Christina Stewart at a ceilidh in her house in Fetterangus. Jane Turriff, the well known ballad singer, is Christina Stewart’s daughter. Jane Turriff's singing can be heard on her CD Jane Turriff: Singing is Ma Life (SPRCD 1038)
There were Stewarts, McKenzie and McPhee,
Neatly they did plait their knees; [i.e. sit cross-legged
Neatly they did plait their knees,
Upon the Moss o Burreldale.
It was on the nicht o auld Kinkell,
They filled their belly fu o ale;
Filled their bellies fu o ale,
Upon the Moss o Burreldale.
Now the bonniest laddie on the green,
Was a heather merchant cried McQueen;
Silver buckles on his sheen,
Upon the Moss o Burreldale.
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