Ca' the Yowes Tae the Knowes

So, another Robert Burns song has been recorded. Ca' The Yowes tae the Knowes is another beautiful ballad, this version being recorded with 6 and 12 string guitars. The album "The Songs of Robert Burns" by The Sensational Christine Sparks is now really starting to take shape.

Christine recorded her guitar in a single take and then did the same with the vocals. We now need to put on the 12 string part and then either a whistle or a violin for the solo part.

Tomorrow we will be speaking with harmonica player, Stuart Farquharson, to arrange for him to come over and put some harmonica parts down.

I think we will be mastering the three songs recorded in our home based studio over the next couple of days, Parcel of Rogues, Aya Waukin O and Ca' the Yowes - three of Robert Burns very best songs.

Chorus.-Ca' the yowes to the knowes,
Ca' them where the heather grows,
Ca' them where the burnie rowes,
My bonie dearie

As I gaed down the water-side,
There I met my shepherd lad:
He row'd me sweetly in his plaid,
And he ca'd me his dearie.
Ca' the yowes, &c.

Will ye gang down the water-side,
And see the waves sae sweetly glide
Beneath the hazels spreading wide,
The moon it shines fu' clearly.
Ca' the yowes, &c.

Ye sall get gowns and ribbons meet,
Cauf-leather shoon upon your feet,
And in my arms ye'se lie and sleep,
An' ye sall be my dearie.
Ca' the yowes, &c.

If ye'll but stand to what ye've said,
I'se gang wi' thee, my shepherd lad,
And ye may row me in your plaid,
And I sall be your dearie.
Ca' the yowes, &c.

While waters wimple to the sea,
While day blinks in the lift sae hie,
Till clay-cauld death sall blin' my e'e,
Ye sall be my dearie.
Ca' the yowes, &c.