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The Burning of Auchendoon
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This is a rendering of Ewan MacColl's transcription 'very freely' of the 'fragment of song' he collected called 'Auchendoon', 'Auchindoon' or the 'The Burning of Auchendoon'.
singer songwriter acoustic folk british guitarist song celtic traditional fingerstyle scottish scotland guitar kelso
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Solo singer-songwriter and tunesmith playing British fingerstyle steel and nylon string guitar, and historic instruments. Scots and Irish influences.
I've been writing and playing songs and tunes since teenage years in folk clubs and pubs. I co-organise the Kelso Friday night live music sessions at the Cross Keys (hosted singaround 7.45-10pm) and Cobbles Inn (10-12pm open mic with The Cobbles Band) with the help of many friends. All welcome! Visit us at kelsofolkandlive co uk. It is worth clicking on the tab because the sound quality of my tracks is far higher than the auto player on this page. Many can be streamed or downloaded at 320KBps and the enhancement for solo guitar/voice far exceeds the benefit you get for highly compressed band recordings. My recordings are full dynamic, not compressed. Just select Hi-Fi for the first song, and an MP3 high bitrate window will open - you will still get a sequence of songs. Most of my downloads are free, but some 320KBps tracks are paid-for. These are selected because they make up my main instrumental album. I now have a YouTube page and have started doing some video recordings for fun: @daviddkilpatrick I have mainly played Lowden guitars since 1999. I current play a 1985 S5FN (nylon string), 1986 S22 (jumbo O-size mahogany/cedar), and 1995 S32 (small body rosewood/spruce). I also play my own 1997-built Martin 'kit' Grand Auditorium rosewood/spruce, a Sigma OM-T, Furch Little Jane, Tacoma Papoose, Guild 8-string baritone, Vintage V880 parlour guitar and Gordon Giltrap signature model, a Troubadour mahogany/spruce classical and an Adam Black 12-string. And that's just the guitars... also viola, mandolin, mandola, waldzither, bouzouki, Appalachian dulcimer, low D whistle, keyboards.
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Traditional
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David Kilpatrick 2007
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April 24, 2007
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MP3 4.1 MB 320 kbps 4:29
Story behind the song
Auchendoon is a fragment of old Scots song which has become popular for its simple dramatisation of an incident. It's almost a two-chorder, Dm and C, except for the unexpected G thrown in. Recorded using a Lamaq classical guitar set up for flamenco action. One take as usual.
Lyrics
As ah cam in bah Auchendoon On a May mornin Ah met Wullie Macintyre An hoor afore the dawin Turn agin, Turn agin, Turn agin I bid ye! If ye burn Auchendoon, Huntlie he will heid ye! (the Earl of Huntley will behead you) Heid me or hang me, that will neiver daunt me! Ah'll burn Auchendoon, ere the breath it leaves me! As ah cam in by Auchendoon on a May mornin' Aucheindoon wiz in a bleeze, an a' afore the dawin' Crawin! Crawin! Fer a' yer crowse crawin! (Boasting, boasting, for all your proud boasting) Ye tint (lost) yer wings (metaphor is a cockerel), ye burnt yer crop (you swallowed a meal too hot to stomach), An' a' afor the dawin'!
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