worse than haggas! :puke:

This is pretty good!

Definitely folk. I knew you had it in you Bill. Now I really owe you. I've heard another version, but this one is by far the best yet.

Anybody else hungry for some Lucky Charms?

He's choppin' broccoli.
Choppin' broccoli!
Choppin' broccoli!

liser wrote:

Ok, you're immature. Dougie, pronounced "Doogie", is a very common contraction of Douglas in Scotland, where yer man is from. Nice song, nice voice, and as ever it's a nice treat whenever RP plays Celtic music.

liser wrote:

doubts? we're all children - it's just a name

Ho hum.

Yes. IMMATURE.

liser wrote:

Great to hear Dougie on RP. I saw him play with Silly Wizard (hmmm, need to upload to RP) in one of best concerts I've ever attended.

He lost me at "Dougie". Call me immature, but I have doubts about any grown man called Dougie or Scooter or Skip...

I recently saw him play and I had never heard of him. He is a wonderful musician who very much engages his audience to participate. He is a wonderful storyteller and lullabye singer. He is very unique and left us with a warm fuzzy feeling when we left.

Ohh this is good I have never heard anything but the Rich Mullins version of this song.

MsO wrote:

Yeah - what MsO said. I saw him in concert about 20 years ago. Amazing performer and songwriter.

Sounds like it could be the Decemberists, a little.

dango wrote:

whathesaid.

Shimmer wrote:

True.

I LOOOOVE Dougie Maclean! I have a bunch of his cds and love them all.

I would love to hear more of his music in the radioparadise mix....he's great!

Thanks!

In an alternate universe, this is a track off of "Styx Unplugged".

Celtic... I like very much... more & more, in fact.

The Deanta version was the only one I knew until I heard this one recently. I LOVED that Deanta album, but it was stolen when my car was broken into. As if they would appreciate it. I bought the album for the Battle of Culaden which I had heard on a compilation album, and fell in love with this song, too.

mistatebird wrote:

"Bumble"? What am I, Inspector Clouseau?

matthead wrote:
For other wanting to compare the two - Click here for the link to Rich Mullins on Amazon.com

Personally, I prefer this version by Deanta. (The rest of the Deanta album is surpurb Celtic-style music, by the way.)

Indeed, that is my sentiment as well. Off-season I can get to town in 15 minutes or less. During the season I may as well walk. To make matters worse, they all stare at us as if we had horns on our heads. Talk about creepy.

Steven_G wrote:

And the quote under your name, mistatebird , is very funny! In Callendar (Scotland's "Gateway to the Trossachs" ) there would be a regular tourist season and the small towns streets would be swarnming with tourists.

My wife's family thought it was good for the small town (raking in the tourist money), but it was still very strange to have your small home town invaded by swarms of tourists. I am sure several townpeople had the same sentiments as your quote! (" If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them? ")

God forgive, I just stopped laughing and wiping my eyes after reading your comment! Isn't it amazing how some people just bumble right into the perfect opportunity for a good joke?

JohnErle wrote:

I'll second that one!

Zep wrote:

Bizzarefall wrote:
Just because this artist is Scottish, that's no reason to start making sheep noises.

Zep wrote:

You mean the one who performed "Ecosse Pie?"

Great Scottish-sounding instrumentation, delicate violin-playing!
I like the song, as I do most of this performer's pieces, but it is almost ruined for me by having been overplayed on the stations I listen to. Also, despite the positive message, the tune is lugubrious and depresses me.