Guess the song?

[tree_and_leaf]

They came to meet you one and all
With big words in the village hall.
Getting older, looking back, and
Still the fact is nothing changed at all

I know various people do regular lyric quizzes on their lj-s. Mostly I'm curious as to how obscure the music I like is...

Comments

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I googled it, and found that I have heard of them - but that's about all. So, pretty obscure, I reckon.

[tree_and_leaf]

I think it depends entirely on how Scottish you are :) They're a good band, anyway.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

One-eighth.

[snorkackcatcher]

I seem to remember hearing of them -- I've a vague feeling it was a Scottish friend who mentioned them. I don't have any tracks of theirs though.

Och, hen, ye maun do better than THAT.

[wemyss.livejournal.com]

Capercaillie. '[Something] stone walls'?

Now, had you posted something in the Gaelic.... That would bear watching.

Aye, weel,

[tree_and_leaf]

Four Stone Walls, in fact.

I think, as I said, that this is probably terribly obvious if you have much of a Scottish connection, and otherwise if you don't. But what a wonderful voice Karen Matheson has!

... as to the Gaelic, as what I know of the language of Eden is derived mainly from Dotaman, Padaraig Post, and the odd decent BBC Alba documentary (like the splendid one they did on emigration a few years ago), I would fear to trick myself out in borrowed feathers.† In fact, I'd be more likely to post German lyrics, though there's only a limited number of people on my flist who might get them.

† Tempting though it is to post the Tory-bashing bits of Runrig's Ard...

Re: Aye, weel,

[aervir.livejournal.com]

In fact, I'd be more likely to post German lyrics, though there's only a limited number of people on my flist who might get them.

I, for one, would at least stand a chance with those. Of course, I didn't recognize these posted above, but I have heard of Capercaillie, though.