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- The Flowers Of The Forest(Scottish Traditional) - Song Lyrics with Orchestral backing music.
LYRICS:
The Flowers of the Forest
Scottish Traditional
I've heard the lilting, at the yowe-milking,
Lasses a-lilting before dawn o' day;
But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning;
"The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away".
As buchts, in the morning, nae blythe lads are scorning;
The lasses are lonely and dowie and wae.
Nae daffin', nae gabbin', but sighing and sobbing,
Ilk ane lifts her leglen, and hies her away.
In hairst, at the shearing, nae youths now are jeering,
The Bandsters are lyart, and runkled and grey.
At fair or at preaching, nae wooing, nae fleeching,
The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away.
At e'en, in the gloaming, nae swankies are roaming,
'Bout stacks wi' the lasses at bogle to play.
But ilk ane sits drearie, lamenting her dearie,
The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away.
Dule and wae for the order sent our lads to the Border;
The English, for ance, by guile wan the day:
The Flowers of the Forest, that foucht aye the foremost,
The prime o' our land are cauld in the clay.
We'll hae nae mair lilting, at the yowe-milking,
Women and bairns are dowie and wae.
Sighing and moaning, on ilka green loaning,
The Flowers of the forest are all wede away.
Meaning of unusual words:
yowe=ewe
ilka=every
wede=withered
buchts=cattle pens
dowie-sad
wae=woeful
daffin'=dallying
gabbin'=talking
leglen=stool
hairst=harvest
bandsters=binders
lyart=grizzled
runkled=crumpled
fleeching=coaxing
gloaming=twilight
swankies=young lads
bogle=peek-a-boo
dule=mourning clothes
FOR SINGERS - music is mostly SATB formatted:
Centre: Soprano (violin/piccolo/flute/cello), Bass (Acoustic Bass/Contrabass)
Right 100% Alto (clarinet), Left 100% Tenor (oboe/tuba/trombone)
Lyrics are formatted for church type projection, for use in worship or choir practice etc.
SONG VERSIONS are the original traditional ones. There are also some variant versions of tunes, standard / full verses or instrumentation.
Lyrics and tunes used are PD versions, my music performance(sound recording) is copyright© Rod Smith but non-commercial, worship and individual education use is OK but NO posting to other TH-cam channels or on-line anywhere without permission. Copyright, author and CCLI number (where available) are on the video.
UPDATES & CORRECTIONS: please let me know of any problem or deficiency with a song or music, and I will try and provide a new corrected version.
Thanks Rod
I've heard the lilting, at the yowe-milking,
Lasses a-lilting before dawn o' day;
But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning;
"The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away".
Actually it's from 1513 flowers o the forest were the 80 Selkirk foresters went to fight with their king v the English at Flodden. Only 1 man returned.
Thank you for the lyrics (along with the translations). I was reading about a soldier who was wounded in Northern Ireland, in a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher, "September." He said the pipes and drums of the Highland Regiment would "pipe the lament at funerals. 'The Flowers of the Forest.' The saddest sound on earth." I had to find it and see what that was about. Very hauntingly beautiful. 💔
Oh my Scottish heart ……… How I long to be in Scotland 💝
Really lovely. Thank you.
Thanks for your comment, glad you liked it.
It's Floo'ers, and this is about ten times too fast!
This is all wrong context. The flowers o the forest were the 80 Selkirk foresters who went to flodden with their king and died there 1513. Only 1 man came home
Is that why it's played by one Piper?
@@RaenbowBlight not sure. Maybe lone piper is just more poignant. Like highland cathedral and other slow ones.
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Because it is played at funerals and usually only by one piper.
Music with bagpipes is original
but does not match Flowers ...
By the way, where are the flowers ?
Flowers in head!
flowers are an artistic euphemism for good people or lovely people. as in the popular song "where have all the flowers gone?" that was about the young men and women off to the Vietnam war
Who play and when (year)? Forward thanks.
This is my midi/sampler version. 2017
The abyss of the deadening sadness of life destroyed in senseless horror at the behest of soul-dead zombies with power is opened up again and again.
The reason the Scots were there was in order to support the Auld Alliance with the French.