Our Songs
It has often been said that it takes a song or a tune to bring back a memory, joyful or otherwise. Now here is the chance to share your joy or otherwise by letting me have that song now. Please attach your memory with it.
John Stewart: 26/12/06 Livingston, West Lothian livvyboy32@hotmail.co.uk
Song: "True Love" from High Society 1956
Memory: My soon to be wife and I singing it as we sped along on my Lambretta Motor Scooter in the summer of 1957.
This was "our song". Sadly, the last time I had it played was at her funeral service in 1998.Alex and Janet Sandie: 27/12/06 San Diego, Ca. asandie@cox.net
Song: 1 "Ludgin' Wi' Big Aggie" (Joe Gordon was the artist)
Song: 2 "Sez Johnnie tae his Mother"
Memory 1: Although it is a wee Glasgow song, Janet & I sing it as oor party piece often at Scottish gatherings here.
Memory 2: A song that my late Dad sang as his wee party piece. It brings back a flood of wonderful memories, of oor family when growing up in Sunny Leith.
Cath Tuff: 4/01/07 Warwickshire caththerine.tuff@btinternet.com
Song: "Wild Side of Life"
Memory: I first sang that song in public when I was 15 years old & the people loved it then I met my husband & he liked it & that was that, my song.
Magnus Ganson: 6/01/07 Kent magnus ganson@blueyonder.co.uk
Song: "Hang me please on the gooseberry tree"
Memory: My late Dads' party piece after a few wee 'goldies'.
Anne Kaczka: 7/01/07 Denver, Co Puddocky@aol.com
Song: "McGregor's Gathering"
Memory: My Dad singing it at New Year.
Jessie & Malcolm Newlands: 7/01/07 British Columbia newlands@telus.net
Song: "Love is a Many Splendoured Thing"
Memory: Our song.
John Jardine: 7/01/07 Leeds, West Yorkshire john.j.jardine@btinternet.com
Song: "Saughton Hotel"
Memory: My father singing it at parties after having had too many drams !
Billy McPhillips: 9/01/07 Biggera Waters, Queensland, Aus
Song: "I Will Take You Home Again Kathleen"
Memory: My dad also Billy McPhillips singing to my mother Cathie nee McGreavy.
Maureen W: 13/01/07 Toronto-areafentonmaureen@hotmail.com
Toronto-areafentonmaureen@hotmail.com Song: Rod Stewart's "You're in my Heart"
Memory: Somewhere along life's highway, we decided this was our song!
Morty Grant: 22/01/07 Houston, Texas dunlop65@verizon.net
Song: "Liberty" sung by the Corries.
Memory: John I need a big favour frae yirsel or ony knowledgable songster. I
heard this great ballad sung by the 'Corries' I believe in the Lyceum theatre in
'Edinburry!' in the Seventies, it brought the place down, sadly the Corries are
long gone and I have been trying to get the words for our folk group. Would
really appreciate some help, we have the music. Belated Happy New Year to the
wonderful 'Oldleither' and all who sail in her. Best regards Morty Grant.
Linda Malcolm: 31/01/07 Livingston, West Lothian linda@stevenson.co.uk
Song: "Flower of Scotland" sung by the Corries
Memory: My then husband and I were away for the weekend in Elgin and decided to go with friends
to a pub in Lossiemouth - a crowd decided to sing Flower of Scotland - nothing wrong with
that you might say except the pub was almost entirely full of RAF Personnel from the nearby
base who were nearly all English - they took it in good part though and we had a good night
(my ex-husband is English too, by the way!)
Harriet Richards, nee McNab: 2/02/07 Carrying Place, Ontario harrie.richards@sympatico.ca
Song: "Two heids are better than yin" My father sang this at all our parties and at New Year.
"Nellie Dean" "It happened on the beach at Bali Bali"
Memory: My girl friend Betty and I sang and danced these at the parties, backgreen concerts and in
Linlithgow where Betty was evacuated during the War.
Carol Ford: 5/02/07 Carnoustie carol.jan@btinternet.com
Song: " A Four Legged Friend" by Roy Rogers
Memory: I used to sing the line "He's on a stand faithful right up to the end". Many years later
I realised the words were "he's honest and faithful right up to the end"....
Well I was only a bairn!!
Frank Ferri: 9/02/07 Newhaven, Edinburgh frankmae@blueyonder.co.uk
Song: "When they sound the last all clear" and "He's the little boy that Santa Claus forgot"
Memory: The War Years as a child, used to cry when dad sang the Santa song.
Anne Kaczka: 12/02/07 Denver, Col. puddocky@aol.com
Song: "In my wee gas mask"
Memory: Frank Ferri's mention of the War Years as a child brought back memories of my younger
sister and I singing "In my wee gas mask" for friends and family. I believe it was written
by the Kerr brothers.
Frank Ferri: 15/02/07 Newhaven, Edinburgh frankmae@blueyonder.co.uk
Song: "Southof the Border" Gene Autry, and "Johnny Zero"...(wartime...The boys all
call him Johnny Zero, Johnny is a hero, Johnny is a hero today..etc)... And all the
Andrew Sisters.
Memory: You`ve got me started on the nostalgia now, Anne Kaczka. Regards Frank
Alex Sandie: 24/02/07 San Diego, Ca asandie@cox.net
Song: "WE ARE THE 10TH"
Memory: Capt. Willie Chalmers wrote this for the 10th Leith B.B.'s in the mid 40's. And it wis a
grrrreat marching tune, for the 10th's bugle band (I played the big drum). It went something
like this ..."We are the 10th, We are the 10th, We are the 10th Leith Company, throughout
the town, in great renown, We are the 10th Leith Company, And when the drums are
beating and the bugles play, We march along behind them in the B.B. way, We are the
10th, We are the 10th..." C'mon now altogether! The tune still reverberates and often I
have a couple of young grandkids marchin' up and doon the loaby, singin' it, wi' me
jinin' in. Grrreat memories and happy times!
Maureen Ratliff nee Preston 19/03/07 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Song: "Softly, Softly" sung by Ruby Murray and "MY WAY"
Memory: My Dad David Preston and my mother Mary harmonised beautifully together. Softly always takes me back to
Portland Place
Frank Ferri 17/05/07 Newhaven, Scotland
Song: "Don`t get around much anymore" Duke Ellington
Memory: Wartime
