Tony Cooper
2021-02-01 18:43:28 UTC
The song "The Highland Muster Call" is one of the tracks on one of my
Ewan MacCall CDs. The first two verses are:
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Jock and Tam and a's comin'
Borland and his men's comin',
The Cameron's and MacLean's comin'
The Gordon's and MacGregor's comin',
A' the duniewastle's comin'!
Full lyrics at
https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6447,6447,6447,6447&SongID=6447,6447,6447,6447
Sung at
The first line is repeated in all the every-other verses. I can't
quite figure out what it means. Obviously, "Here's who's coming" is
the general meaning, but "wat" and "wha's" escape me.
The apostrophes in the lyrics bother me. I would write "Camerons" and
"MacLeans". I suppose you could consider the members of the Cameron
clan to be possessives of the clan, but I don't. Or, you could
consider it to be "The Cameron (clan) is comin'" with "Cameron's"
being a contraction of "Cameron is".
And what's a duniewastle when it's at its croft?
Ewan MacCall CDs. The first two verses are:
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Little wat ye wha's comin',
Jock and Tam and a's comin'
Borland and his men's comin',
The Cameron's and MacLean's comin'
The Gordon's and MacGregor's comin',
A' the duniewastle's comin'!
Full lyrics at
https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6447,6447,6447,6447&SongID=6447,6447,6447,6447
Sung at
The first line is repeated in all the every-other verses. I can't
quite figure out what it means. Obviously, "Here's who's coming" is
the general meaning, but "wat" and "wha's" escape me.
The apostrophes in the lyrics bother me. I would write "Camerons" and
"MacLeans". I suppose you could consider the members of the Cameron
clan to be possessives of the clan, but I don't. Or, you could
consider it to be "The Cameron (clan) is comin'" with "Cameron's"
being a contraction of "Cameron is".
And what's a duniewastle when it's at its croft?
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Tony Cooper Orlando Florida
Tony Cooper Orlando Florida