He claimed that he wrote it after hearing someone sing the first line to his little daughter Maggy. It was created to celebrate the birthday of the Earl of Dalkeith, soon to be the 4th Duke of Buccleuch, to whose wife Hogg dedicated this new publication. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in Scots and English. Click to submit poems to DayPoems, comment on DayPoems or a poem within, comment on other poetry sites, update links, or simply get in touch. . Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the grey trout lies asleep,, Up the river and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me.
Why the boys should drive away Little sweet maidens from the play, Or love to banter and fight so well, That's the thing I never could tell. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. After studying in Glasgow, Germany, and the Netherlands, he has performed both as a solo recitalist and accompanist throughout Europe and in North America, Russia, and China. Search: Keywords: Bonsai courtesy of The Online Bonsai Icon Collection. Hogg then included it in the First Series of Jacobite Relics in 1819 where he noted that the melody was very popular, but more often sung to non-Jacobite lyrics. This CD was created as part of a research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council AHRC to disseminate new information about the Scottish writer James Hogg 1770-1835. Where the pools are Where the grey trout lies asleep, Up the That 's the way for Billy and me.
Where the hazel bank is steepest, Where the shadow falls the deepest, Where the clustering nuts fall free, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the mowers mow the cleanest, Where the hay lies thick and greenest, 10 There to track the homeward bee, That 's the way for Billy and me. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250—1900. Brown, Elegance and Entertainment in the New Town of Edinburgh: The Harden Drawings Edinburgh: Rutland, 1995, 1999; new edition 2000. She has also presented a popular programme on Radio Tay and is regularly invited to speak on BBC Radio Scotland. Where the mowers mow the cleanest, Where the hay lies thick and greenest, There to track the homeward bee, That's the way for Billy and me.
And here it becomes a celebration of the Highland Laddie fighting at the recent Battle of Waterloo. James Hogg 1770-1835 was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist. Why the boys should drive away Little sweet maidens from the play, Or love to banter and fight so well, That's the thing I never could tell. But this I know, I love to play, Through the meadow, among the hay; Up the water and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. Hogg's talent was discovered by Sir Walter Scott who helped to get his works published. Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest, Where the nestlings chirp and flee, That's the way for Billy and me.
James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in Scots and English. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake, his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques, and the novels The Three Perils of Man, The Three Perils of Woman, and The Brownie of Bodsbeck. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. David Hamilton teaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and at the Music School of Douglas Academy. Where the blackbird sings the latest. Where the blackbird sings the latest, Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest, Where the nestlings chirp and flee, That 's the way for Billy and me. He has recorded with Cappella Nova and for the BBC, and for Divine Art recorded the organ works of both Dieterich Buxtehude and Bach.
Where the mowers mow the cleanest, Where the hay lies thick and greenest, There to trace the homeward bee, That's the way for Billy and me. Why the boys should drive away Little sweet maidens from the play, Or love to banter and fight so well, That 's the thing I never could tell. The authors of poetry and other material appearing on DayPoems retain full rights to their work. Why the boys should drive Little Or That 's the thing I But this I know, I love to play Through the Up the That 's the way for Billy and me. Previously, she managed the Scottish Music Centre, a unique archive of music by Scottish composers of all periods, and presented a wide variety of programmes for both Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 3. Where the mowers mow the cleanest, Where the hay lies thick and greenest, There to track the homeward bee, That 's the way for Billy and me.
Songs also appeared in many of his other literary creations, but they were widely published beyond the realms of his own volumes too. This musical setting was published in Edinburgh in the early 1800s by J. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. Click Copyright The DayPoems web site, www. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. Where the blackbird sings the latest, Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest, Where the nestlings chirp and flee, That 's the way for Billy and me.
Buy your books here Latest Chapbooks from Powells!!! To link to this poem, put the URL below into your page: A Boy's Song by James Hogg James Hogg: A Boy's Song The DayPoems Poetry Collection Click on the bonsai for the next poem. Hogg then included it in Songs by the Ettrick Shepherd in 1831. Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the grey trout lies asleep, Up the river and over the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. THE PERFORMERS Scots Women. But this I know, I love to play Through the meadow, among the hay; Up the water and over the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the hazel bank is steepest, Where the Where the clustering nuts fall free, That 's the way for Billy and me.
Project director: Douglas S. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake, his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques, and the novels The Three Perils of Man, The Three Perils of Woman, and The Brownie of Bodsbeck. Let it all out! The Oxford Book of English Verse CONTENTS· BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. Hogg noted that he liked this setting very much. Hogg was known to sing this song himself.
Any requests for publication in other venues must be negotiated separately with the authors. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the grey Up the That's the way for Where the Where the Where the That's the way for Where the Where the hay lies There to That's the way for Where the Where the Where the That's the way for Why the boys Little Or love to That's the But this I know, I love to play Through the meadow, Up the That's the way for. Where the blackbird sings the latest, 5 Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest, Where the nestlings chirp and flee, That 's the way for Billy and me. Some are sung unaccompanied as was often the case in the folk tradition , and others present performances as they would have been heard in the drawing rooms of Hogg and his contemporaries. The editor of DayPoems will gladly attempt to assist in putting interested parties in contact with the authors.