Biography:
Old Blind Dogs is a musical group which plays Celtic folk and traditional Scottish folk music, with influences from rock, reggae and Middle Eastern music rhythms. The three founding members of the band (Ian F. Benzie, Buzzby McMillan and Jonny Hardie) first met during a so-called "buskers' holiday" in the Scottish Highlands in 1990, and after playing together for the summer decided to call themselves "Old Blind Dogs". Dave Francis and Carmen Higgins joined the band soon afterwards
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Other songs:
- A Wife In Every Port
- Awa Whigs Awa
- Battle Of Waterloo
- Bennachie
- Bogies Bonny Belle
- Broken Ring
- Cairn O Mount
- Copper Kettle
- Gala Water
- Is There For Honest Poverty
- Jean O Bethelnie
- Johnny O Braidislee
- Lads O The Fair
- Lay Ye Doon Love
- Lough Ernes Shore
- Macphersons Rant
- Mill O Tifty
- Monymusk Lads
- Mormond Braes
- Parcel O Rogues
- Reres Hill
- Rolling Home
- Song For Autumn
- Star O The Bar
- Terror Time
- The Barnyards O Delgaty
- The Battle Of Harlaw
- The Bonnie Banks O Fordie
- The Bonnie Earl Omoray
- The Bonnie Lass O Fyvie
- The Cruel Sister
- The Lancashire Lads
- The Lowlands Of Holland
- The Snows They Melt The Soonest
- The Twa Corbies
- The Wisest Fool
- Tibbie Fowler
- To The Beggin I Will Go
- Tramps And Hawkers
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
G
[Verse]
D
Fareweel, ye dungeons dark and strong
G C
A lang fareweel tae thee
G D
MacPherson's time will no' be lang
G D
On yonder gallows tree
[Verse]
G D
'Twas by a woman's treacherous hand
G C
That I was condemned tae dee
G D
She ca'ed me o'er tae the windowsill
G D
And a blanket she threw o'er me
[Chorus]
G D
Sae rantin'ly an' sae dauntingly
G C
Sae wantonly gaed he
G D
He played a tune and he danced it 'roon
G C D
Below the gallows tree
[Verse]
G D
The Laird o' Grant, oh that Hieland sant
G C
That first laid hands on me
G D
He pleads the cause o' Peter Broon
G D
Ach, let MacPherson free
[Verse]
G D
"Untie these bands frae off my hands
G C
An' bring tae me my sword
G D
There's nae a man in a' Scotland
G D
I'll brave him at a word"
[Chorus]
G D
Sae rantin'ly an' sae dauntingly
G C
Sae wantonly gaed he
G D
He played a tune and he danced it 'roon
G C D
Below the gallows tree
[Verse]
G D
"Oh, there's some come here tae see me hanged
G C
And some to buy my fiddle
G D
But before I do pairt wi' her
G D
I'll brak thro' her the middle"
[Verse]
G D
He's ta'en the fiddle intae both his hands
G C
He's brak it o'er a stane
G D
Sayin', "No anither hand will play on thee
G D
When I am dead and gane"
[Chorus]
G D
Sae rantin'ly an' sae dauntingly
G C
Sae wantonly gaed he
G D
He played a tune and he danced it 'roon
G C D
Below the gallows tree
[Instrumental]
G D G C G D G D
[Verse]
G D
"Oh little did my mither think
G C
When first that she cradled me
G D
That I would turn tae the rovin' trade
G D
And die on a gallows tree"
[Verse]
G D
A reprieve was comin' o'er the brig o' Banf
G C
Tae set MacPherson free
G D
They put the clock, aye, a quarter 'fore
G D
And they hanged him frae the tree
[Chorus]
N.C.
Sae rantin'ly an' sae dauntingly
N.C.
Aye, sae wantonly gaed he
N.C.
He played a tune and he danced it 'roon
N.C.
Below the gallows tree
G
[Verse]
D
Fareweel, ye dungeons dark and strong
G C
A lang fareweel tae thee
G D
MacPherson's time will no' be lang
G D
On yonder gallows tree
[Verse]
G D
'Twas by a woman's treacherous hand
G C
That I was condemned tae dee
G D
She ca'ed me o'er tae the windowsill
G D
And a blanket she threw o'er me
[Chorus]
G D
Sae rantin'ly an' sae dauntingly
G C
Sae wantonly gaed he
G D
He played a tune and he danced it 'roon
G C D
Below the gallows tree
[Verse]
G D
The Laird o' Grant, oh that Hieland sant
G C
That first laid hands on me
G D
He pleads the cause o' Peter Broon
G D
Ach, let MacPherson free
[Verse]
G D
"Untie these bands frae off my hands
G C
An' bring tae me my sword
G D
There's nae a man in a' Scotland
G D
I'll brave him at a word"
[Chorus]
G D
Sae rantin'ly an' sae dauntingly
G C
Sae wantonly gaed he
G D
He played a tune and he danced it 'roon
G C D
Below the gallows tree
[Verse]
G D
"Oh, there's some come here tae see me hanged
G C
And some to buy my fiddle
G D
But before I do pairt wi' her
G D
I'll brak thro' her the middle"
[Verse]
G D
He's ta'en the fiddle intae both his hands
G C
He's brak it o'er a stane
G D
Sayin', "No anither hand will play on thee
G D
When I am dead and gane"
[Chorus]
G D
Sae rantin'ly an' sae dauntingly
G C
Sae wantonly gaed he
G D
He played a tune and he danced it 'roon
G C D
Below the gallows tree
[Instrumental]
G D G C G D G D
[Verse]
G D
"Oh little did my mither think
G C
When first that she cradled me
G D
That I would turn tae the rovin' trade
G D
And die on a gallows tree"
[Verse]
G D
A reprieve was comin' o'er the brig o' Banf
G C
Tae set MacPherson free
G D
They put the clock, aye, a quarter 'fore
G D
And they hanged him frae the tree
[Chorus]
N.C.
Sae rantin'ly an' sae dauntingly
N.C.
Aye, sae wantonly gaed he
N.C.
He played a tune and he danced it 'roon
N.C.
Below the gallows tree
Old Man Pie
Old Man River
Old River Folks
Old Salt Union
Old School
Ole Neumann
Ole Ole
Ole Paus
Ole Thestrup
Oleander