Dots for "The Scotsman" ?

Trad Irish Music
1

Anyone have the dots for this tune?

Well a Scotsman clad in kilt left a bar on evening fair
And one could tell by how we walked that he drunk more than his share
He fumbled round until he could no longer keep his feet
Then he stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
He stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street

About that time two young and lovely girls just happend by
And one says to the other with a twinkle in her eye
See yon sleeping Scotsman so strong and handsome built
I wonder if it’s true what they don’t wear beneath the kilt
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
I wonder if it’s true what they don’t wear beneath the kilt

They crept up on that sleeping Scotsman quiet as could be
Lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see
And there behold, for them to see, beneath his Scottish skirt
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth

They marveled for a moment, then one said we must be gone
Let’s leave a present for our friend, before we move along
As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon, tied into a bow
Around the bonnie star, the Scots kilt did lift and show
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
Around the bonnie star, the Scots kilt did lift and show

Now the Scotsman woke to nature’s call and stumbled towards a tree
Behind a bush, he lift his kilt and gawks at what he sees
And in a startled voice he says to what’s before his eyes.
O lad I don’t know where you been but I see you won first prize
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
O lad I don’t know where you been but I see you won first prize

2

Hard isn’t it?

In this case the question is ‘does anyone have the tune to this song’ or ‘the notes to the song’

:wink:

3

Notes, tune, dots. I’m not picky. :slight_smile:

4

I have a recording of it being sung (by Bob Zentz, back in the 1980s); I could put up an MP3 if that would help. It’s not a complicated tune; you should be able to pick it up easily by ear.

5

You’re my new best friend. =)

6

Okay, you can hear The Scotsman (which was written in the 1970s by Michael Cross, at that time living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) sung by Bob Zentz here:

http://homepage.mac.com/bhurley/.Public/Scotsman.mp3

This is from a concert that Bob Zentz and Gordon Bok put on at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, in 1979.

From the same concert, here’s a spellbinding (to me, anyway) rendition by Gordon Bok of two highland pipe tunes followed by The Scarborough Settler’s Lament. I’ve played this track so many times that the cassette started to wear out…sorry for the poor sound quality. If you have headphones, use them; the bass notes of his jumbo 12-string (he uses custom strings) make me go weak in the knees.

http://homepage.mac.com/bhurley/.Public/ScarboroughSettler.mp3

Enjoy.

7

To hear it sung by the writer, find a copy of the Mike Cross CD Creme de la Cross: Best of the Funny Stuff (well worth the money). It’s also on his Live and Kickin’ CD. Amazon.com has both.