Steeleye Span
Von: , Frage gestellt am Mi, 19. Jun 2002
Moin Leute,
bin zum ersten mal hier, also erstmal Hallo.
Das folgende Lied von Steeleye Span ist wohl als Spottlied einzuordnen. Die Erklärungen sind ja ganz hilfreich, aber ich habe keine Ahnung wer wer ist, bzw. warum sich die Jakobiter gemüßigt fühlten ein Lied darüber zu verfassen.
George I, being a protestant German king, was viewed with ridicule and hatred by the Jacobite rebels. This is a scurrilous attack upon him and his court.
When George I imported his seraglio of impoverished gentlewomen from Germany, he provided the Jacobite songwriters with material for some of their most ribald
verses. Madame Kilmansegge, Countess of Platen, is referred to exclusively as ``The Sow'' in the songs, while the King's favorite mistress, the lean and haggard
Madame Schulemburg (afterwards named Duchess of Kendall) was given the name of ``The Goose''. She is the ``goosie'' referred to in this song. The ``blade'' is the
Count Koningsmark. ``Bobbing John'' refers to John, Earl of Mar, who was at the time recruiting Highlanders for the Hanoverian cause. ``Geordie Whelps'' is, of
course, George I himself. (MJ)
Lyrics
Cam ye o'er frae France? Cam ye down by Lunnon?
Saw ye Geordie Whelps and his bonny woman?
Were ye at the place ca'd the Kittle Housie?
Saw ye Geordie's grace riding on a goosie?
Geordie he's a man there is little doubt o't;
He's done a' he can, wha can do without it?
Down there came a blade linkin' like my lordie;
He wad drive a trade at the loom o' Geordie.
Though the claith were bad, blythly may we niffer;
Gin we get a wab, it makes little differ.
We hae tint our plaid, bannet, belt and swordie,
Ha's and mailins braid -- but we hae a Geordie!
Jocky's gane to France and Montgomery's lady;
There they'll learn to dance: Madam, are ye ready?
They'll be back belyve belted, brisk and lordly;
Brawly may they thrive to dance a jig wi' Geordie!
Hey for Sandy Don! Hey for Cockolorum!
Hey for Bobbing John and his Highland Quorum!
Mony a sword and lance swings at Highland hurdie;
How they'll skip and dance o'er the bum o' Geordie!
(belyve=quickly;
blade=a person of weak, soft constitution from rapid overgrowth;
braid=broad;
brawly=wall;
claith=cloth;
gane=gone;
gin=if, whether;
ha's and mailins=houses and farmlands;
hurdie=buttock;
kittle housie=brothel;
linkin=tripping along;
Lunnon=London;
niffer=haggle or exchange;
tint=lost;
wab=web (or length) of cloth)
[from: Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland]
Reinhard Zierke, [E-Mail-Adresse entfernt]
Last updated Sat Sep 8 19:27:07 MEST 2001
War das damals "Tagesgespräch" ? Wie mächtig waren die Jakobiter ? War das Innen- oder Außenpolitik ? Ist das Lied aus jener Zeit und hat es etwas "bewegt" ? Was ist aus den Personen geworden ?
Danke für eure Mühe, Lutz