A Cozy Celtic Concert Series - Episode 1

Our first episode of the Cozy Celtic Concert series! 

This week's set list:
1) Hummingbird
2) Queen of Argyll (by Andy M. Stewart)
3) High Drive set
4) Wild Mountain Thyme
5) Cat and the Fiddle

Thanks for watching! We're learning as we go and can't wait for next week's episode. Which was your favorite song?

🌸 Lyrics: Queen of Argyll (by Andy M. Stewart)
Gentlemen it is my duty to inform you of one beauty
Though I'd ask of you a favor not to seek her for a while
Though I own she is a creature of character and feature
No words can paint the picture of the Queen of all Argyll

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Oh if you could've seen her there
Boys if you had just been there
The swan was in her movements and the morning in her smile
All the roses in the garden
Would bow and ask her pardon
For not one could match the beauty of the Queen of all Argyll

On that evening that I mentioned, I passed with light intention
Through a part of our dear country known for beauty and for style
In the place of noble thinkers, of scholars and great drinkers
But above them all for splendor shone the Queen of all Argyll

So my lads I needs must leave you - my intention's not to grieve you
Nor indeed would I deceive you - oh I'll see you in a while
I must find a way to gain her - to court her and to claim her
I fear my heart's in danger from the Queen of all Argyll

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🌸 Lyrics: Wild Mountain Thyme (traditional)
Oh the Summer time is coming
And the trees are sweetly blooming
And the wild mountain thyme grows around the blooming heather
Will ye go, lassie, go?

Chorus
And we'll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ye go, lassie, go?

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I will build my love a bower
Near yon pure crystal fountain
And on it I will pile all the flowers of the mountain
Will ye go, lassie, go?

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🌸 Lyrics: Cat and the Fiddle (G. Gothard, W. Gothard) 

Good ‘ol moonlight through the night

Keep it up, good work, shining bright 
I’ve waited all day for my chance to play 
I’ll fiddle all night and I’ll sleep all day 

This old fiddle’s seen every place 
Miles on the road and dust on the case 
Hey diddle diddle and a hop to the right
Like a cat with a fiddle in the pale moonlight 

‘Who’ said the owl ‘will watch with me’ 
‘You and the moon and me make three 
The dish and the spoon ran away last night 
Hope the fork and the knife will be alright’ 

Chorus

‘Oh’ said the mouse as she saw me there 
‘If I was not so small new shoes I’d wear 
I’d join that fiddler for a dance or two 
I’d leap and I’d tap ’til he told me shoo’ 

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