{"id":20791,"date":"2023-05-19T14:09:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T14:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=20791"},"modified":"2023-05-20T09:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T09:09:59","slug":"hame-o-mine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/hame-o-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Hame o Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
First Published<\/td>1920<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td> W. Mackenzie Murdoch <\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN23845<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Harry Lauder<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Hutchison, Robin; Scotland; 1960-89
Peoples, George; Ireland; 1970s
Modern performances<\/strong>
Kenneth McKellar<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Away in the Northland, the land of the mountain,\nThere stands a wee hoose on the breist o' the brae,\nThe streamlet runs past like a clear chrystal fountain,\nThe lark in the cloud sings an ear hauning lay\nAway in the wildwood the red deer is bounding,\nThe wind carries sweetly the scent o' the pine,\nAfar in the valley the pibroch is sounding,\nThe scene of my childhood, That dear hame o' mine.\n\nHame o' mine hame o' mine where I dwelt in lang, lang syne\nThere's where my heart and my thoughts are forever,\nA wee thackit cottage, That dear hame o' mine.\nA wee thackit cottage That dear hame o' mine.<\/em>\n\nI sit and I gaze o'er the wide lonely prairie,\nThere's nought meets the eye on that far stretching plain,\nIn fancy I see thro' a mist, dear Glengary,\nIn fancy I see that dear cot, once again\nIts walls shine like iv'ry, so dazzling its whiteness,\nThe old thackit roof is unaltered by time,\nThe rapids and prairie to me are delightness,\nOh! give me that wee hoose, That dear hame o' mine.<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A song written the violinist Mackenzie Murdoch in 1920, performed in the Halls both by Murdoch and his friend Harry Lauder<\/a>. It has featured in the repertoire of a number of Scottish traditional singers. A brief biography of Mackenzie Murdoch appears below.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
William Mackenzie Murdoch<\/strong> (1870-1923), known as Mac<\/em> to his friends was professionally billed as The Scottish Paganini<\/em>. He was a violinist and singer whose career was closely linked to that of his friend Harry Lauder. He was the son of a writer and poet and had shown great musical talent at an early age, his professional performing career starting in the 1890s when he toured Music Halls and other venues firstly with the comic WF Frame, and later with Lauder. He went on to build a successful solo career as a composer, singer and violinist, and toured throughout the English-speaking world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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