{"id":439,"date":"2014-12-13T15:34:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T15:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petercookie.com\/?p=439"},"modified":"2016-03-21T20:56:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T20:56:10","slug":"aberlady-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/13\/aberlady-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Aberlady Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  sdl_right\" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">71.220.8<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:12.6px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"71.220.8\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zc3NhLmxsYy5lZC5hYy51ay93aGFsc2F5YW5zL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9zaXRlcy8yLzIwMTUvMDEvNzEuMjIwLjgubXAz\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:true, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Grace Anderson with others.<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0SA1971.220.8\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We know nothing about this song that Grace enjoyed singing so often, other than that it also featured in the repertory of the \u00a0 MacCalmans folk group.\u00a0 We\u2019d welcome further information. &#8216;Coo-canny&#8217; is a dialect form of &#8216;Cockenzie&#8217; \u2013\u00a0the name of a tiny drying harbour on the south side of the Firth of Forth near Aberlady, and until recently it was overshadowed by a huge coal-fired power station.\u00a0\u00a0 Roud index no. 25911.<\/p>\n<p>One verse which Grace did not sing has been added below her text.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>The blue Forth lies before us lads, the wind blaws fair\u00a0and free;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The boat rides ower the crested wave, as if at hame wid be;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And noo the moon ower Gullane Head, \u00a0it lights up the bank and brae<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And the rising sun, like a golden band round Aberlady Bay.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>Then a cheer for the bonnie, bonnie boat,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That rides ower the calm and the storm sae weel;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It&#8217;s a cheer for the lad that catches the fish<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And the lass wha carries the creel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Coo-canny wives wi\u2019 mutches white\u00a0and goons o\u2019 wincey fine;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Coo-canny maids wi\u2019 rosy cheeks and lips like ruby wine;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>They\u2019ll meet us at the pier my lads for weel they ken the day<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When the boat will ride o\u2019er the dancing tide to Aberlady Bay.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>Then a cheer for the bonnie, bonnie boat,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That rides o\u2019er the calm and the storm sae weel;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It&#8217;s a cheer for the the lad that catches the fish<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And the lass that\u00a0carries the creel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>[There&#8217;s music in the seagull&#8217;s cry and the roar of the driving gale<\/em><br \/>\n<em>There&#8217;s music in the saut sea breeze blowing the bended sail;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But sweeter far the lichts o&#8217; hame shining in the morning grey<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When the boat speeds fast on the off-shore blast\u00a0<\/em><em>round Aberlady Bay.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/13\/aberlady-bay\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,34],"tags":[59,89],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grace-anderson","category-a-h","tag-cockenzie","tag-fishing-song"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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