The Rowan Tree -Jean Redpath-Annie Laurie

Jean Redpath-Annie Laurie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHfE8VpQj70 

From the April 26, 1986 broadcast of "A Prairie Home Companion".

 

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Her voice is a nugget of gold wrapped in velvet.

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R.I.P. to a champion of Scottish folk song

The Rowan Tree -Jean Redpath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xi2GmlHzDw 

Writer, Composer: Trad Arranged Jean Redpath

 

The Rowan Tree 

The rowan was denoted as a tree of the Goddess or a Faerie tree by virtue of its white flowers.

poem by  Carolina Oliphant, also known as Lady Nairne.

 composed in 1822 by Carolina Oliphant, also known as Lady Nairne (1766-1845)

 

Oh! Rowan Tree Oh! Rowan Tree!

 

Thou'lt aye be dear to me,

Entwined thou art wi mony ties,

O' hame and infancy.

Thy leaves were aye the first o' spring,

Thy flow'rs the simmer's pride;

There was nae sic a bonny treeIn a' the countrieside

 

Oh! Rowan Tree Oh! Rowan Tree!

 

How fair wert thou in simmer time,

Wi' a' thy clusters white

How rich and gay thy autumn dress,

Wi' berries red and bright.

On thy fair stem were many names,

Which now nae mair I see,

But they're engraven on my heart.

Forgot they ne'er can be!

 

Oh! Rowan Tree Oh! Rowan Tree!

 

We sat aneath thy spreading shade,

The bairnies round thee ran,

They pu'd thy bonny berries red,

And necklaces they strang.

My Mother! Oh, I see her still,

She smil'd oor sports to see,

Wi' little Jeanie on her lap,

And Jamie at her knee!

 

Oh! Rowan Tree Oh! Rowan Tree!

 

Oh! there arose my Father's pray'r,

In holy evening's calm,

How sweet was then my Mither's voice,

In the Martyr's psalm;

Now a' are gane! we meet nae mair

Aneath the Rowan Tree;

But hallowed thoughts around thee twine

O' hame and infancy.

 

 

Meaning of unusual words:
simmer=summer
sic=such
bairnies=children
gane=gone

 

 

마가목馬價木 馬家木  馬牙木 열매 The rowan tree with ripe red apples against the blue sky