Odd name; COWDEN GRAY??

Jake Drummond · Post by **Jake Drummond** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:13 am

I've been trying to find death certificates for Isabella Gray, and Cowden of course, pre and post 1855 and found nothing on SP or the LDS site. I wonder if they moved back to where they came from if they were "Foreign, .........English or Irish" and died there?
It's good to hear different opinions and views on that Scoonie census return for 1841, as I sometimes get a bit bogged down and fresh eyes on the job make all the diffrerence.
It's all a bit of a mystery which I've been working on for a while and it looks as if I'm stumped again!

'The Curious Case of the Extra Children' could well be a title for a Sherlock Holmes novel Sarah! I even looked through the rest of the 1841 census as suggested by SarahND to see if their parents were around the area, but it does not look likely.

Ho Hum.

johnniegarve · Post by **johnniegarve** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:08 pm

Old Scots Song, "the Broom o the Cowden Knowes" Berwickshire I think.
johnniegarve.

Jake Drummond · Post by **Jake Drummond** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:25 pm

Aye Johnnie, a fine ballad and a braw pipe tune! Hazel Hills is the translation I think.

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:27 am

Sure enough it’s on YouTube, but isn’t everything. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO2vNt_yI3k
There are some other versions there if you search the correct spelling.

Here’s a couple of older versions.

“The Scottish Songs” published 1829. (page 220)
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=nJc ... 22&f=false

“Old Ballads” published 1810. (page 88)
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vze ... 22&f=false

Very nice,
Alan

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:19 am

Sure enough it’s on YouTube, but isn’t everything. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO2vNt_yI3k

The guy needs to go and feed the puir wee cat!!

Post by **SarahND** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:24 am

LesleyB wrote: The guy needs to go and feed the puir wee cat!!

I looked like he reached out to give it a scratch at the end of the song

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:26 pm

I thought he might have been using catgut strings on his guitar.

Alan

Post by **SarahND** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:50 pm

Currie wrote:I thought he might have been using catgut strings on his guitar.

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