Archie Fisher - Bogie's Bonnie Belle (with lyrics)

This lovely song is a request from a dear friend. Archie Fisher sings "Bogie's Bonnie Belle" from his first album, released in 1969. It is a sad, beautiful ballad of lost love in the traditional Celtic manner. Enjoy!

Archie Fisher's site: http://www.myspace.com/archiefisher

Personnel:
Archie Fisher - guitar, dulcimer, concertina, sitar, vocals
John Doonan - piccolo, flute, whistle
John MacKinnon - violin, mandolin

Bogie's Bonnie Belle - Lyrics
(per Archie Fisher, on Archie Fisher, Xtra - LP, 1969)

As I gaed in by Huntley toon (town), yin morning for tae fee
I fell in wi' Bogie o' Cairnie and wi' him I did agree

Tae ca' his twa best horses, or cairt or [ferry] a ploo'
(To drive his two best horses, likewise his cart and plow)
Or dae onything aboot fairmwork I very well could do.

Now Bogie had a daughter, and her name was Isabelle
She was the flower o' the valley and the primrose o' the dell

And when she gaed oot walkin', she chose me for her guide
Down by the burn o' Cairnie, tae watch sma' fishes glide 4

The first three months being past and o'er, this lassie lost her bloom
An' the red fell frae her rosey cheeks and her eyes began to swoon

When nine long months were past and gane, she brought forth tae me a son
And I was quickly called for tae see what could be done

I said that I would marry her but no, that wudna do
For, "You're no' a match for ma bonnie Belle, an' she's no' a match for you"

Well now she's married tae a tinkler chiel, wha bides in Huntley toon
He mends pots and pans and paraffin lamps, an' he scours the country roon

Aye, an' maybe she's gotten a better lad; auld Bogie canna tell
So fareweel ye lads o' Huntlyside and Bogie's bonnie Belle

Lyric transcription by Abby Sale, mudcat.org

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