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apb flew in for mj uk 2008 from sweden - how's that for dedication? he brought his pal tomas with him. tomas is swedish - he speaks english with a scottish accent - cutest thing i ever heard! anyway ... this is for them and all the others who spent time in the house of shiny lights over the weekend - mwah xoxo
Lyrics:
Well, I just come down from the isle of sky
I'm not very big and I'm awfully shy
The lasses shout as I go by "donald, where's your troosers?"
Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets in a kilt I go
All the lasses shout hello
Donald where's yer troosers?
A lassie took me to the ball
And it was slippery in the hall
I was afraid that I would fall
Cause I was'nae wearin' troosers
Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets in a kilt I go
All the lasses shout hello
Donald where's yer troosers?
To wear the kilt is my delight
I'm never wrong 'cause I'm always right
The highlanders would get a fright
If they saw me wearin' troosers
Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets in a kilt I go
All the lasses shout hello
Donald where's yer troosers?
Well, I was drivin' in my car
Went downtown to kenny's bar
Fifteen scotches, five cigars
And I left without my troosers
Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets in a kilt I go
All the lasses shout hello
Donald where's yer troosers?
Big kazoo finish - LOL ;)
Hardware:
MacBook, Snoball (the gift that keeps on giving), pink eggshaker, the poor no-name guitar, the Trophy Music Company metal kazoo with navy trim and me
Software:
garageband
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What fun! &mdash 09/03/07 - 08:15:56 AM
Caro, you're a one-woman band, and it's delightful when you post a song for us. Did donald ever find his troosers? Love the kazoo, as always.
XOXOXO [ Reply to This ]
thank you roxylee &mdash 09/05/07 - 04:23:50 AM
you are always so quick off the mark - glad you liked it xoxox
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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caro &mdash 09/03/07 - 09:16:51 AM
thank you fran... &mdash 09/05/07 - 04:27:56 AM
if i am a gem then so are you - a sapphire coz it captures the blues soo well - xoxoxoxo
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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yer a hoot! &mdash 09/03/07 - 10:42:53 AM
What a delight to have you kazooing and singin' about men wi'out troosers!
ttfn,
Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
thank you drak... &mdash 09/05/07 - 04:29:35 AM
men without troosers!! what could be better?!!! big loves xoxoxo
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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Donald Where's Yer Troosers &mdash 09/03/07 - 10:52:41 AM
now this is fun and cool Caro ... thank you
for sharin this with a cool kazooo !! ;-) [ Reply to This ]
thank you feter... &mdash 09/05/07 - 04:42:35 AM
sorry you had to wait for long but i am glad you enjoyed the result - get well soon - xoxox
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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I like this song... &mdash 09/03/07 - 10:57:52 AM
thank you bpj... &mdash 09/05/07 - 04:45:42 AM
yup - andy stewart did a wonderful job but he didn't have apb as his inspiration!!! and ... knowing the ppl here at mj - i am lucky!!
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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It seems like &mdash 09/03/07 - 12:21:39 PM
eons ago that there was a post from you Caroline - and what a lovely post with have here - and with your trademark kazoo playing of course. That pink eggshaker is obviously far more esoteric than my early learning centre one. We don't need Andy Stewart! Great fun as ever. Thank you for posting.
Peter [ Reply to This ]
thank you peter... &mdash 09/05/07 - 04:48:32 AM
with a kazoo, the eggshaker and apb for inspiration ... well, what more could a girl ask for?? xoxo
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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:o) - wow ... &mdash 09/03/07 - 03:31:23 PM
.. ah canny think wit inspired ye lassie ;o) .. Tomas!! .. knew I wouldn't get any "cute" remarks for speaking English with a Scottish accent .. oh no .. had to be Tomas .. sheesh ;o) hahahah.
"apb flew in for mj uk 2008 from sweden" .. arrived
a bit early then !! *doh* lol.
Lovely post Caroline: I could sense it was brewing inside you to record this old gem... could do with some panning .. and a few more of those "sus" chords ;o)
Sorry to hear River got sacked as percussionist .. so soon in his career too... ah well: avocado oot ... pink egg .. in! .. and that geetar has a name .. it's Janine's guitar!!!
Thanks awefully dahling ...for having us over .. and putting us up/up with us, feeding us, taking us to the theatre party & chippy, getting my Nicotine drugs, making us re-cycle the empties, advising against playing the cat like a trumpet if it got it's bahooky in the way again..etc etc ;o) .. we had a ludicrously silly and fun packed few days..with only one minor argument .. with the vicious toilet latch ;o)
As Tomas says in Sweden, with a Scottish accent: "Yarp!"
Next year .. I'll be in me kilt ..and feeling the wind blow high and low :o).. Rhamsay dress tartan .. not "a green one, or a red one" (which was the reply to my "which clans have you got?" question to a kilt hire shop I phoned once in England).
I do not talk alot! Oh .. arse ... LOL.
xoxoxoxo
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thank you alan.... &mdash 09/05/07 - 04:52:45 AM
gosh - not only can you talk for europe but comment for it now too - sheesh - you would win prizes!!! it was a joy sharing our home with you - oophs - i got the date wrong!!! so ... while you are yakking away - all i can say is ... badger, badger, badger, badger.... big loves xoxoxoxo
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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brrrr- it's chilly in here... &mdash 09/03/07 - 05:32:49 PM
thank you alf... &mdash 09/05/07 - 05:28:10 AM
does this make you a sporran-er??? har de har har!1 big loves xoxox
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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troosers optional &mdash 09/03/07 - 07:59:04 PM
It was worth the twenty minutes it took for this little gem to load on my dialup connection! ;)
Ooooh, soo luffly!
James has got me wearing no troosers here! Would you believe I'm wearing a sarong and liking it? LOL
Judging from this song, you all had a woooo-derful time!
Hopefully you'll be posting more gems from the gathering. [ Reply to This ]
thank you cam... &mdash 09/05/07 - 05:30:09 AM
ah - just let me know when the sarong is gone but the memory lingers on!!! it were brill!! big loves xoxoxox
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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There should be.... &mdash 09/05/07 - 06:47:09 AM
...more kazoo in popular music in general. Shame we had to wait for such a fleeting appearance of it in this song -
Remix please:-))
Enjoyed -
Phil [ Reply to This ]
thank you phil &mdash 09/05/07 - 07:30:21 AM
i'll bring the kazoo if you bring the banjo and the sitar!!!
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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I have a smile even before I heard &mdash 09/06/07 - 02:56:42 PM
the tune Caroline.
You add a lot of >joy< to MJ. Keep it going you talented lady you!
But your theatrical talent is massive in such an entertaining way!
Glad your one of MJ's own!
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thank you bill... &mdash 09/07/07 - 02:05:52 PM
awwww - you are such a charmer!!! and ... when all is said and done, mj is my first home on the internet xox
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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Well my ancestors hail from the Isle of Skye... &mdash 09/08/07 - 06:48:11 PM
...and I wore the kilt when once I entered a highland dancing competition. Mind you dancing with one of those wretched sporrans bouncing up and down on yer whatnot is not my idea of fun and of course I had trouble finding a kilt long enough...
But seriously, this is an essential and loving interpretation of this little known traditional Scots bothy ballad - methinks tinged with a little post MJUK07 sadness.
KK [ Reply to This ]
thank you martin... &mdash 09/09/07 - 06:19:39 AM
yy ur, yy ub, icur yy 4 me xox
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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Love it! &mdash 09/09/07 - 06:54:06 AM
This is so charming and delightful as only you could do it. Gosh but I love your contributions to this site. You simply make it a whole lotta fun, troosers or not. Thank you for the entertainment, Caroline! [ Reply to This ]
thank you joanna... &mdash 09/09/07 - 07:56:43 AM
s'funny how that synchronicity gets us every time - and funnily (sic) enough - i feel the same about you - big loves xoxoxo
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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i love this song..... &mdash 09/11/07 - 01:32:07 AM
thank you riv... &mdash 09/11/07 - 04:14:40 AM
i'm glad you think it's so caroline - although it could be sooo donald too!!! xox
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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kilting &mdash 09/15/07 - 02:20:05 AM
we get to wear our kilts offically this weekend at the scottish reve. in cedar rapids. were thinking of appearing on your doorstep in kilts... then thought it would be too much of a shocker.. now I know better. See ya soon! [ Reply to This ]
thank you greg... &mdash 09/15/07 - 06:28:42 AM
you'll have to try harder than that to scare me!! and... the sooner the better - we'll make sporrans outta the cats!!! xoxo
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give a man a fire and he will be warm for a day... set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
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hmmm &mdash 09/15/07 - 04:40:24 PM
maybe halloween
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Perfection is just down the road. Way down the road... [ Reply to This ]
can't resist &mdash 12/02/07 - 12:04:14 PM
dear davis a &mdash 03/09/08 - 06:07:47 PM
i wonder if i can find any more with similar lyrics for you or ... worse still ... i could write my own!! [ Reply to This ]
hysterical! &mdash 01/16/08 - 04:30:35 AM
Being of Scottish heritage, I can dig this. Wish you had some bagpipes though. lol [ Reply to This ]
me too .... &mdash 03/09/08 - 06:07:08 PM
maybe apb knows somebody who can help out - glad you liked it - thank you [ Reply to This ]
this was fun... &mdash 02/09/08 - 08:25:56 AM
...i'll need to stop back and check out your tunes caroline...you sound like you have a lotta fun! [ Reply to This ]
awww... &mdash 02/09/08 - 06:42:56 PM
Love it! &mdash 02/10/08 - 08:15:11 AM
I love the lyrics! The style is engaging. Traditional folk indeed but with a very modern touch.
B [ Reply to This ]
thank you barretok &mdash 03/07/08 - 09:32:01 AM
it's a great song and i loved singing it - it has been made all the better with your enjoyment and appreciation [ Reply to This ]
I want to say &mdash 03/06/08 - 08:24:55 PM
Thank you so much for the comment on my song, and my apology for the delayed response. Though I am all about letting people download my music for free, I would like to copyright it first.
This is amazing song. I love you voice is wonderful and these are great! the kazoo gets two thumbs way up. I would like to hear your sanskrit interpretations! [ Reply to This ]
wooohooo.... &mdash 03/07/08 - 09:33:11 AM
any fan of the kazoo is a friend of mine - yes, i should get around to recording something in sanskrit - thank you for listening and for your kind comments
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Fun Song &mdash 03/07/08 - 07:10:48 AM
har de har har &mdash 03/07/08 - 09:33:52 AM
Haha, where's me troosers? &mdash 03/09/08 - 05:13:09 PM
Hey lass, you're completely crazy, did anybody tell you before? What a cool dedication to your friends this is, I struggled a lot not to laugh out loud, as my wife is sleeping in the next room... [ Reply to This ]
LOL &mdash 03/09/08 - 06:06:12 PM
you're great!!! we love a new audience that is laughing - put the pillow over your face!! (i meant that in a caring, loving way) thank you x [ Reply to This ]
I found it a little hard to breathe &mdash 03/10/08 - 04:19:41 AM
that way, but thank you for the suggestion! And YOU are great, i'm so glad I found you shouting at people from the chat last night :) [ Reply to This ]
...oh, well &mdash 03/10/08 - 04:22:27 AM
before we have an argument on this (and i suspect you were about to start it!), if you insist... I AM great, after all... [ Reply to This ]
shouting?? &mdash 03/10/08 - 05:34:15 AM
shouting!!!! has it occurred to you that we both seem to have faaaar too much time on our hands??!! :) [ Reply to This ]
You must excuse my limits &mdash 03/10/08 - 06:50:48 AM
in the English language (which are quite the same in Italian, but you just can't see them), lass, I meant I saw you calling out loud for people to join you in the chat... and who says I have that much spare time, doesn't it show I'm in an office working hard right now? [ Reply to This ]
oh!! that!! &mdash 03/10/08 - 11:14:40 AM
i wasn't calling for ppl - i was calling for alan!!! he doesn't count as we were already in ichat!! [ Reply to This ]
Oh well, &mdash 03/10/08 - 11:37:14 AM
no no no &mdash 03/10/08 - 12:58:43 PM
WEEE, I LOVE &mdash 03/11/08 - 03:59:01 AM
"let's-see-who's-crazier" competitions! But shouldn't we appoint a sane referee?... Do you know anybody sane that can do that? I'm afraid I don't have any such acquaintance handy at the moment... [ Reply to This ]
ooophs... &mdash 03/13/08 - 02:10:34 PM
i got so distracted trying to think of sane ppl that i know that i wandered off - i still haven't found one but i'll get back to you as soon as i do [ Reply to This ]
hmmm.... seems rather &mdash 03/14/08 - 04:55:05 AM
a tough work to me!
You know I had started to worry not seeing your reply for a couple of days...
Listen, I thought we might try an experiment here: how long a list of nested messages can this place bear? [ Reply to This ]
LOL &mdash 03/14/08 - 08:16:13 AM
I'M UP &mdash 03/14/08 - 10:33:18 AM
for whatever you ask, lass... did I say I love English girls? Your wish is my command! ;)
This is no. 14, btw... [ Reply to This ]
nope .... &mdash 03/14/08 - 11:16:19 AM
you didn't mention your love of english girls but you did mention your wife!! LOL and this must be 15 but who's counting? there was a lass of richmond hill - i went to school in richmond but surrey not virginia - see you on the ice x [ Reply to This ]
How you mean &mdash 03/15/08 - 01:49:57 PM
i mentioned my wife? She isn't English, but i didn't say i ONLY love english girls, did i? LOL
And who's this Virginia you went to school with, should i know her as well? [ Reply to This ]
she was.... &mdash 03/15/08 - 03:17:56 PM
just 17, you know what i mean? and the way she looked was way beyond compare. how can i dance with another since i saw you standing there! [ Reply to This ]
Gosh &mdash 03/15/08 - 05:14:14 PM
it's getting a little narrow here, my face is getting red and i find it harder and harder to breathe... 17? my god, she told she was twice married and divorced, and asked if i would mind taking care of her four kids! i'll never learn what girls are really like... must keep words to one syl la ble from now on i sup po se [ Reply to This ]
A &mdash 03/15/08 - 05:15:30 PM
hahahaha &mdash 03/15/08 - 07:25:42 PM
Hey, hold on &mdash 03/17/08 - 03:03:45 AM
this is funny... with my 15" iBook at home I hadn't room to write anymore! Here at work, with a 17" monitor i can again! ...hmmm this must mean something... [ Reply to This ]
obviously it means that &mdash 03/17/08 - 03:36:57 AM
GOSH! &mdash 03/17/08 - 05:34:59 AM
hmmm, &mdash 03/18/08 - 10:58:25 AM
I love your music &mdash 05/03/08 - 09:03:44 AM
it's so entertaining and unpretentious and fun. Have you ever thought of doing any of Frank Crumit's songs, like for instance- There's no one with endurance Like a Man who Sells Insurance....? be right down your alley I would think. Let me know if you want any as I've got tons of it here. Excellent post - downloaded and favourited as well.
John [ Reply to This ]
oh no john no john no john no &mdash 06/19/08 - 03:36:23 AM
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