Toll war´s gestern bei den beiden liebenswerten Schotten!!!

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Kommentar von Nicole Stahlberg am 16. September 2010 um 12:42pm

... und hier das Gedicht, dass die beiden anläßlich ihres letzten Besuches ( mit Nachtführung zum Wartbaum) verfaßt und am 3.9. 2010, sehr zu meiner Rührung, vorgetragen haben :

The Wartbaum

At the Schlosskeller on a Friday night, Cockleroy were doing fine
The audience clapped and tapped their feet - joined in each chorus line
But when Neil said “Cockleroy’s a hill that’s very dear to me”
Nicole from behind the bar called out, “So what, we’ve got a tree!”

And when the concert finished, much later in the night
Nicole said “Let’s go to the woods and I’ll show you a sight”
I thought my luck was in that night, that she had a crush on me
But at 2 o’clock I got a shock when she said “Now, that’s a tree!”

It was an awesome sight indeed standing there on higher ground
And from it’s boughs lookouts could see for miles and miles around
They’d seen Ferdinand of Brunswick and Napoleon Bonaparte too
And generations of Windecken folk had since marvelled at that view

On the Isle of St Helena, in Napoleon’s final days
He would often talk of Windecken folk and commend their generous ways
The Wartbaum had been worth the trip but he’d one regret to share
For the night he came to the Schlosskeller Cockleroy weren’t playing there


Words - Neil Macdonald – 3rd September 2010
nmacdonald123@hotmail.com


(To the tune of the Wild Rover)

I’ve been travelling and singing for many a year
Been to London and Paris and even Tangier
But castles and gardens do nothing for me
Now I’ve been to Windecken and I’ve seen that tree

CHORUS : And it’s no, nay, never, no more travelling for me
Now I’ve been to Windecken and I’ve seen that tree

It’s majestic with branches that reach to the sky
Not even the Eiffel Tower reaches that high
And it’s trunk is so wide, so gigantic and round
That if he played hide-and –seek Helmut Kohl wouldn’t be found

Napoleon marched north with his army so grand
He said he wouldn’t stop till he’d conquered the land
But he turned and went home saying “Contented I’ll be
Now I’ve been to Windecken and I’ve seen that tree”

Bob and I love Linlithgow and the hill “Cockleroy”
Gazing down from it fills us with such pride and joy
With the Loch and the Palace it’s a nice place to be
But we envy Windecken – ‘cos they’ve got a tree!

Words – Neil Macdonald – 3rd September 2010
nmacdonald123@hotmail.com

Kommentar von Alex und Mel Denkinger am 16. September 2010 um 11:36am

Ein klasse Abend mit zwei wunderbaren Musikern und einem tollen Schlosskeller-Team!!
Go raibh míle maith agaoibh!

Kommentar von Nicole Stahlberg am 5. September 2010 um 1:23pm

Ja, ein wunderbarer Abend !!
Habe mich aber auch über das von weither angereiste Publikum gefreut ....
Hoffe, dass wir tatsächlich das eigens für uns geschriebene Gedicht und die Windecken-Schlosskeller-Wartbaum-Hymne auch bekommen, damit ich es hier einstellen kann.