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Was at my daughters house for New Year last night,and was talking about Andy Stewart,and Jimmy Shand,telling her,when my mum and gran,used to love singing along to the songs on New Years Eve.
They loved anything Scottish, and loved the kilts,and the bagpipes.
My brothers and I,were sat there watching this too,and bored to tears,
there was nothing else to watch,and how we hated it.
But last night,would have given anything to be sitting with my Mum and Gran,and listening to Andy Stewart singing about Donald wheres my troosers.haha.
Such memories,boring ones for us kids,but happy ones.
Thanks for this thread,its given me a real good chuckle.
Happy New Year everyone.
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Hi JL

Quite correct - the gloaming is the twilight and it's definitely a Scots term although not so much where I grew up in Dumfriesshire

That was Sir Harry Lauder wasn't it?

Keep Right On To The End of The Road. He wrote that after his only son was killed in WW 1.

Ey up Border Reiver I'm not that old either but I do remember the tune. lol-

There was a question on a program just a couple of months ago, possibly ' The Chase' or Egg heads which asked what part of the day was ' gloaming' . My mind went back to this song immediately and guessed the right answer of evening/twilight but up to then I had never thought about the words. Guess we all live and learn unless it is used in Scotland more than England.-jl

Kenneth McKellar,Song of the Clyde.

I liked all that music but I was born to be an old fart and remember being in somebody's house one New Year and they watched Paul Daniels instead.

Now there is entertainment to truly loathe!

Hi Janet,

"Roaming in the gloaming by the bonnie banks o' clyde
Roaming in the gloaming wi' a lassie by your side"

I'm afraid I'm too young to remember that - I can remember my gran singing it!

LMAO

...did he remind you RR of 'roamin' in the gloamin'.? ....-jl

Hi Scozz,
I remember them also Stanley Baxter and Parliamo Glesca - that was hilarious

lolol Border

I remember Duncan McCrae and the wee cock sparra - awful!

Most of the tv shows we were "forced" to watch were cringeworthy :-(

Who remembers "Francie & Josie"?

Watched it once, brother & I laughing like mad, we weren't allowed to watch it again, Mother thought they were terrible (verrrrry low-class) lolol

Funny you said that Rose......I've mentioned him and Moira Anderson elsewhere..... ;-)



Goes off yodelling.....


"I am a soldier, a Scottish soldier.........." tra la........




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Those bloody bagpipe droning on ...lol.

Happy New Year


Foggy

Heaven forbid - the next thing you'll be digging up is Duncan McCrae and his ode to a wee cock sparra on the STV new year celebrations.

Really, really dreadful.

Hated them when I was a kid and the years haven't changed that view.

Gwynne

Oh gawd

You've brought back memories.......... of being forced to watch The White Heather Club! Mother loved it, brother and I sat on the floor making faces at each other :-(

Let the wind blow high, let the wind blow low......... who wrote that?

One of Jimmy Shand's band members (if my memory is right, the double bass player) is a distant cousin.......... a claim to fame?

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..Robin Hall & Jimmy McGregor....

you cant live in the past, for ever!!

Donald where's your troosers!!!! ugh!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCSB_BiNSZo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vypaxyJmTbo

Sharron I had forgotten Jimmy Shand, but listening now on Youtube it's all coming back to me :-)