Star o' the Bar

A live version of “Star o the Bar” is included among the songs on the website. To hear the professionally recorded version however you will have to go to the Greentrax album “Star o the Bar” (CDTRAX 245), where you will find the following songs:

1. The Hanky.
2. Cauld Comfort.
3. A Drinkin Man.
4. The Cruel And Hungry Sea.
5. Crime And Punishment.
6. Noran Water – The Inside Story.
7. Quiet October Hills.
8. Strict Hygiene.
9. Late In The Day.
10. Noo The Spring’s Sped.
11. Anthem For Scotland.
12. Just A Blink.
13. The Chimp And The Poodle.
14. Sair Sair Sorrow.
15. Star O The Bar.

“Lowland Souch”

On “Lowland Souch” on the “Scotsoun” label (Scotsoun SSCD 118 ) which has instrumental tracks by Andy Hunter, Davie Lockhart, and Mike Ward, you will find me singing the following songs of my own:

• Aye late and early
• The write-off
• Star o the bar
• Cauld comfort
• The secret sin
• A drinkin man.

On the same CD I also sing the following traditional songs to my own small-pipe accompaniment:

• The flooers o the forest
• The Baron o Brackley
• Rigs o rye
• Plooman lads are aw the go
• The twae corbies
• Babbie Allan.

“Lowland Souch” can be obtained from the Scots Language Society.

Davie Robertson can be contacted by email at david_m_robertson@yahoo.co.uk