| Silly Wizard – Donald McGillavry Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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For those who don't know this is a song from the Scottish Jacobite rebellion of 1715. Donald MacGillavry of Drumglass is one of the chiefs mentioned in the Chevalier's Muster Roll of 1715, and one of the bards of this clan may have written this song. and to clear up some of the somewhat archaic 'Scots' language used in the song: gouk's nest = cuckoo's nest (a gouk's also a fool) weighbauk = scales but his tether = without/off his leash wud, or stang'd wit' an ether, man = mad, or stung with an adder elwand = rod that measures an ell, a length of measure no longer used callan that brooks nae tangleness = a fine fellow who doesn't hold with schemes winna be baukit = won't be balked, held back lingel = a shoemaker's thread mumpit wi' mirds = lulled with flattery Arles = Thrashing Skelp them and scauld them = chastise (specifically a slap with the flat of the hand) and scold them |
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