Auld Reikie

from Odznenz 1 by eddie cairney

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Auld Reikie
Lyrics by Robert Fergusson
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Auld Reikie, wale o’ ilka Town
That Scotland kens beneath the Moon;
Where couthy Chiels at E’ening meet
Their bizzing Craigs and Mous to weet;

And blythly gar auld Care gae bye
Wi’ blinkit and wi’ bleering Eye:
O’er lang frae thee the Muse has been
Sae frisky on the Simmer’s Green,

Whan Flowers and Gowans wont to glent
In bonny Blinks upo’ the Bent;
But now the Leaves a Yellow die
Peel’d frae the Branches, quickly fly;

And now frae nouther Bush nor Brier
The spreckl’d Mavis greets your ear;
Nor bonny Blackbird Skims and Roves
To seek his Love in yonder Groves.

Then, Reikie, welcome! Thou canst charm
Unfleggit by the year’s Alarm;
Not Boreas that sae snelly blows,
Dare here pap in his angry Nose:

Thanks to our Dads, whase biggin stands
A Shelter to surrounding Lands.
Now Morn, with bonny Purpie-smiles,
Kisses the Air-cock o’ St. Giles;

Now some for this, wi’ Satyr’s Leesh,
Ha’e gi’en auld Edinburgh a Creesh:
But without Souring nocht is sweet;
The Morning smells that hail our Street,

On Stair wi’ Tub, or Pat in hand,
The Barefoot Housemaids looe to stand,
That antrin Fock may ken how Snell
Auld Reikie will at Morning Smell:

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from Odznenz 1, released January 14, 2016

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Eddie Cairney is one of the country's most prolific songwriters and Scotland's best kept songwriting secret with 99 albums to date and another 100 plus in the pipeline. He has written new music to almost all of Robert Burns works totalling over 900 new songs. He writes in a great many genres, from folk to orchestral. He is also one of Scotland's most accomplished rock/blues piano players. ... more

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