{"id":19380,"date":"2023-03-29T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=19380"},"modified":"2023-06-24T05:51:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T05:51:43","slug":"wee-hoos-mang-the-heather","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/wee-hoos-mang-the-heather\/","title":{"rendered":"Wee Hoos Mang the Heather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
First Published<\/td>1912<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Harry Lauder and Gilbert Wells \/ Fred Elton and Harry Lauder<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN24152<\/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; 1960-90<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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[SPOKEN] I am going to tell ye, I had a letter from my mither yesterday and she said in her letter that Somebody was asking very kindly for me and sends their love. Of course, I ken who that Somebody is \u2013 Maggie. Of course, you don't Ken Maggie. Well, Maggie lives beside my mither just a wee bit roon the hill, so that's why I'm going to tell you aboot Maggie's hoos. The wee hoos 'mong the heather\n\nThere's a wee hoose on the hillside that I haven't seen for years.\nI've an awful longing feeling and my eyes whiles dim wi' tears\nWhen I think on a' the happy days I spent beside that spot,\nAnd the games we played as laddies there will never be forgot.\n\nThere's a wee hoose 'mang the heather; there's a wee hoose o'er the sea.\nThere's a lassie in that wee hoose waitin' patiently for me.\nShe's the picture o' perfection, O! I wouldna tell a lee.\nIf ye seen her ye would love her just the same as me.<\/em>\n\nThough A'm far awa' frae Scotland and the scenes I lo'e sae weel,\nThere's a beat for the auld country that in ev'ry pulse I feel,\nFor though other lands are bonnie and the other folks are kind,\nThere is one scene and one only that is ever in my mind.\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One of a number of Harry Lauder<\/a> songs which have entered the repertoire of Scottish traditional singers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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