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Gweed Man

from Miscelectric by Gordon Duthie

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Produced by Gordon Duthie

Instrumentals arranged or composed and performed or programmed by Gordon Duthie

With permission from his family, vocal samples from the late Gordon Easton – a renowned Bothy Ballad singer – feature on “AutoAirm” and “Gweed Man” (these were derived and transformed from "Beyond The Bothy - The Original Singing Competition !" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFVnIkRdA6I) by Cairn Production and are licensed under CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/))

Information about Mr. Easton’s life in rural Aberdeenshire can be found here: www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone/kist/search/display.php/Observations+an+Experiences+in+the+Life+of+a+Buchan+Country+Loon%0A?geas01.dat

Mr. Easton was also a big supporter of The Buchan Heritage Society and more information can be found here: buchanheritagesociety.co.uk

With permission from himself, vocal samples from David Campbell – a renowned storyteller – feature on “Gweed Man” (these were derived and transformed from "WIKITONGUES: David speaking Doric Scots and English" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=le3cBRlWSE8) by Wikitongues and are licensed under CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/))

With permission from his son – Ian Duncan – vocal samples from Jock Duncan – a renowned Bothy Ballad singer – feature on “Gweed Man” (these were derived and transformed from "Beyond The Bothy - The Original Singing Competition !" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFVnIkRdA6I) by Cairn Production and are licensed under CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/))

Recorded during 2017 / 2018 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and Tokyo, Japan

Mixed and mastered by Kevin McNoldy

Art direction and design by Gordon Duthie and Wallok Art
“Gordon Duthie - Miscelectric (Cover Art).jpg” (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gordon_Duthie_-_Miscelectric_(Cover_Art).jpg) is derived and transformed from "Pennan.JPG” (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pennan.JPG) by Blik and is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) and “Gordon Duthie - Miscelectric (Cover Art).jpg” (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gordon_Duthie_-_Miscelectric_(Cover_Art).jpg) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) by Gordon Duthie

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© Gordon Duthie 2018

lyrics

Alang came this loon and he says tae him
Noo he says eh
Eh div ee eh div ee smoke
Come oot oh that gweed man
He says eh div ah smoke he says oh he says no

No no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta

He'd niver touch it ah ta
He says eh weel ee fit aboot ah fit aboot drink
Oh no he says
No he says

Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta

Ta ats ih devil's thing at ah the gither
No no I widna hae a drink ah ta
An he says eh eh weel eh fit aboot eh quinies eh lassies
Oh he says I've bin merit ah ma days
He says I'm in love we ma wife in at kinda time
He says aye so eh eh no no ats ih way it is
No no

No no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta

Take fit ye get
Take fit ye get
Take fit ye get
Take fit ye get

Affa gweed man
Affa gweed man
Affa gweed man

Affa gweed man it isna smokin or drinkin or ging aboot we wimmin
Affa gweed man it isna smokin or drinkin or ging aboot we wimmin
Affa gweed man it isna smokin or drinkin or ging aboot we wimmin
Affa gweed man it isna smokin or drinkin or ging aboot we wimmin
Affa gweed man it isna smokin or drinkin or ging aboot we wimmin

Ging aboot we wimmin
Ging aboot we wimmin
Ging aboot we wimmin
Ging aboot we wimmin
Ging aboot we wimmin
Ging aboot we wimmin
Ging aboot we wimmin

Oh no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna smoke ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta
Oh no he says I dinna drink ah ta ta

Gweed man
Affa gweed man
Affa gweed man
Affa gweed man it isna smokin or drinkin or ging aboot we wimmin
Affa gweed man it isna smokin or drinkin or ging aboot we wimmin
Affa gweed man it isna smokin or drinkin or ging aboot we wimmin
Affa gweed man it isna smokin or drinkin or ging aboot we wimmin
Affa gweed man

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from Miscelectric, released July 2, 2018

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