Up da Stroud (traditional)
Golden Keyboard (traditional)
Superfly (written by Kevin O’Neill)

Tami – flute, D whistle / Bonnie – fiddle / Steve – piano, accordion / Andy – guitar / Mark – tube drums, djembe

(Traditional) The Davis Strathspey (instrumental written by Celtara)

Built in 1801 in Quebec, the Diamond sailed out of Aberdeen, Scotland. Like mining, whaling was yet another lucrative, but dangerous way for young men to make a living for their families. Many of these ships were lost in the Davis Strait.

The Diamond is a ship me lads, for the Davis Strait we’re bound,
The quay it is all garnished with the bonny lasses ‘round,
Captain Thompson gives the order to sail the ocean wide,
Where the sun it never sets me lads, nor darkness dims the sky.
Chorus: And it’s cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship, The Diamond, goes a fishin’ for the whale.
Along the quay at Peterhead, the lassies stand around,
With their shawls all pulled around them and the salt tears runnin’ down,
Don’t you weep my bonnie wee lass, though you be left behind,
For the rose will grow on Greenland’s ice before we change our mind.
Chorus Here’s a health to the Resolution, likewise the Eliza Swann,
Three cheers for the Battler of Montrose and The Diamond ship of fame,
We wear the trousers of the white and the jackets of the blue,
When we get back to Peterhead, we’ll see our sweethearts now.
Chorus It’ll be bright both day and night, when the Greenland lads come home,
Our ship filled up with oil me lads, and money to our name.
We’ll make the cradles for to rock, and the blankets for to tear,
And every lass in Peterhead singing now, “hushaby my dear”.
Chorus

Tami – lead vocals, flute / Bonnie – harp, harmony vocals / Steve – accordion, harmony vocals / Andy – guitar / Mark – tube drums, djembe-snare

(instrumental interpretation by Bonnie Gregory of the song ‘Butterfly’ written by Mia Makaroff, as sung by Rajaton)

Tami – flute / Bonnie – fiddle / Steve –accordion / Andy – guitar / Mark – cymbals and chimes

Chanter’s Tune (traditional)
Breton Dance (traditional)
Fahy’s Reel (traditional)

Tami – flute / Bonnie – fiddle, viola, harp / Steve – accordion / Andy – bouzouki, guitar / Mark – bodhran

Written by Bonnie Gregory
Turn the Page (instrumental written by Celtara)

He stood there on solid ground, cold and still, he made not a sound
He watched her walk away again, he could not comprehend
All the words of love she’d said, all the times she’d held him then
Gone like all the ash she’d burned, like nothing in the wind.
Eight years that little patch of land grew marigold and lilac stand
Eight years he kept that cabin snug through cold and wind and snow
Eight long years he lived his life, holding on without his wife
His heart a tiny flick of flame burned low as it could go.
Chorus: Hang on, you carry on
You know there’s still a tale to tell
Too many pages still unfurled
Hang on, you carry on
The sound of love’s not far away
It’s beat, the drum, will mark your way.
Twas on a sunny autumn day, new love came at last to stay
A brown-haired girl with eyes like sky, and he thought to ask her why
Maybe life for some of us has more than one true love
All your pain and sorrow now becomes the ground where new love grows.
Chorus

Bonnie – lead vocals, fiddle / Tami – flute, harmony vocals / Steve – accordion, harmony vocals / Andy – guitar, mandola / Mark – djembe, shakers

(Traditional)

Bonnie – harp, viola / Tami – flute / Steve – accordion / Andy – guitar / Mark – rainstick, cymbals, chimes

Written by Bonnie Gregory & Steven Bell / written by Morten Alfred Høirup

Bonnie – fiddle / Tami – flute / Steve – accordion / Andy – guitar / Mark – shakers, tube drums

Written by Bonnie Gregory
Bill Donald’s (instrumental written by Celtara)

Lord Cameron’s piper ran away with Lord Cameron’s daughter, all the way from Scotland to Rimbey, Alberta, Canada. They were Bonnie’s great-grandparents!

My name is Bill Donald and I'm a stranger to you
I have travelled this country from the age of twelve years
My brother was elder, he inherited all
Leaving me to adventure and find my own way.
Chorus: Meet me in the garden, I’ll love only you
We’ll share wishes and kisses and promises too
Meet me in the garden, your true love I’ll be
Don’t tell your mother, she’d never agree.
I found work on the great ships and I learned many things
But the playing and the singing full many did please
I played for fine ladies and royalty too
Till I find myself here now, well I’m playing for you.
Chorus Oh the lassies, fine lassies, so many I’ve seen
But none who could smile like my Jenny for me
Lord Cameron’s daughter, shame if he doesn’t know
Come away with me Jenny and we’ll sail fore the snow.
Chorus When we reach that far shore I can own my own land
And my plaid I will lay down to cover our bed
My cap it will hang from the back of my head
And the songs of Lord Cameron, I’ll nae sing them again.
Chorus

Bonnie – lead vocals, fiddle / Tami – flute, harmony vocals / Steve – accordion, harmony vocals / Andy – guitar / Mark – bodhran

Written by Karine Polwart
Drift of Daisies (instrumental written by Bonnie Gregory)

The back of the winter is broken, and light lingers long by the door,
And the seeds of the summer have spoken in gowans that bloom on the shore.
Chorus:
By night and day we’ll sport and we’ll play
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay,
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away,
And we follow the heron home.

In darkness we cradled our sorrows, and stoked all our fires with fear,
And now these bones that lie empty and hollow, are ready for gladness to cheer.
Chorus
So long may you sing of the salmon, and the snow-scented sounds of your home,
While the north wind delivers its sermon, all ice and salt-water and stone.
Chorus

Tami – lead vocals / Bonnie – fiddle, harmony vocals / Steve – piano / Andy – guitar / Mark – shakers, chimes

Up the Valley (written by Bonnie Gregory) Eddie Kelly’s (traditional) Hidin’ the Pie (written by Celtara)

Bonnie – fiddle / Tami – flute / Steve – piano, accordion / Andy – guitar / Mark – bodhran, djembe, djembe-snare

(Traditional) The Fairest Man (instrumental written by Bonnie Gregory)

As I roved out upon a May morn, to take a pleasant walk,
I sat myself down by an old stone wall, to hear two lovers talk,
To hear two lovers talk, me boys, and hear what they might say
That I might learn a little about love, before my dying day.
Well come and sit beside me love, on the dewy grass so green,
It’s a long three-quarter’s of a year or more, that you and I have been,
That together we have been, he cried, together we have been,
It’s almost been a year my love, that you and I have seen
Chorus:
P stands for Paddy I suppose, J for my love John
And the W stands for false Willy-O, but Johnny is the fairest man,
Johnny is the fairest man, she cried, Johnny is the fairest man,
O I don’t care what anybody says, my Johnny is the fairest man.
No I won’t sit beside you love, now or at any other time,
I hear you love another pretty maid, and your heart’s no longer mine
Your heart’s no longer mine, she cried, your heart’s no longer mine
I hear you love another pretty maid, and your heart’s no longer mine
Chorus
Oh I will climb the highest tree, and rob the little bird’s nest
And I will bring whatever I find to the arms that I love best,
To the arms that I love best she cried, the one I love the best,
Oh I will bring whatever I find to the one that I love best.
And when your heart was mine, she said, and your head lay on my breast,
You made me believe, with all your lies that the sun would rise in the west
The sun would rise in the west, she cried, and I’ve heard all the rest,
You made me believe with all your lies the sun would rise in the west.
Chorus

Tami – lead vocals, flute / Bonnie – fiddle, harmony vocals / Steve – accordion / Andy – guitar, bouzouki / Mark – tube drums

Written by Tami Cooper

Tami wrote this for her mom, who passed away in June 2007 after a two-year struggle with ALS.

Tami –flute / Bonnie – fiddle / Steve – piano / Andy – bouzouki, guitar / Mark – cymbals

Down the Broom / Glenlivet / Tuttles 
(all traditional)

A set of favourite reels. We learned Glenlivet from our friend Keri Zwicker, a wonderful 
harpist and singer.

Tami: flute | Bonnie: fiddle | Steve: accordion Andy: acoustic guitar | Mark: bodhran, tube drums


(song – Bonnie Gregory, Pickpocket 
Publishing, SOCAN)
Johnny Darling’s (Bonnie Gregory, 
Pickpocket Publishing, SOCAN)

Bonnie wrote this as a piuirt-a-beul (mouth music) to be sung in English rather than Gaelic.

Tami: harmony vocal, flute | Bonnie: lead vocal, fiddle | Steve: harmony vocal, accordion | 
Andy: bouzouki | Mark: bodhran

(song – Robert Tannahill, public domain) Warlock’s Walk (Bonnie Gregory, Steven Bell, Tami Cooper, Out of the Woods 
Publishing, SOCAN)

This song was written by Robert Tannahill (1774-1810). Tannahill was a weaver and well-recognised songwriter after the time of Robert Burns. In the song, the young man’s discomfort is obvious as he makes his way to the home of his love during a terrific storm and begs to be let in. Some translation of a few Scottish words will help in understanding the story:
“not a star in all the carry”
– not a star in all the heavens
“loud the linn”
– the noise of the waterfall
“the boortree bank”
– bank of elder trees
“loud the iron yett does clank”
– the iron gate
“he’s cast aside his drippin’ plaidie”
– his soaked cloak

Tami: lead vocal, flute | Bonnie: harmony vocal, harp | Steve: accordion | Andy: acoustic guitar | Mark: modified djembe


(Bonnie Gregory, 
Pickpocket Publishing, SOCAN)

Andy named this piece after returning from a long trip to Ireland at the end of summer.

Tami: flute | Bonnie: harp, fiddle | Steve: accordion | Andy: acoustic guitar | Mark: djembe snare


(song – traditional) Corcoran’s Hill (Tami Cooper, 
Brave New Hare Music, SOCAN)

Tami wrote Corcoran’s Hill to go with this lovely song she learned from the singing of Cathy Jordan.

Tami: lead vocal, flute | Bonnie: harp | 
Steve: accordion | Andy: acoustic guitar | 
Mark: bodhran

(song – traditional)Lily White’s Soaring Lament (Tami Cooper, Brave New Hare Music, SOCAN)

This is a favourite of ours from the vast body of celtic songs lamenting a lost love who has gone away across the sea.

Tami: lead vocal, flute | Bonnie: harmony 
vocal, harp, fiddle | Steve: accordion | 
Andy: acoustic guitar | Mark: at the pub


(Morten Alfred Høirup and Sonnich Lydom)

Steve brought this tune to the band after we were inspired by Haugaard & Høirup’s performance of it at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. To our delight, they posted the tune on their website. Morten Hoirup wrote us to say that the title “Bjørnekæden” means Bear Chain and that it refers to a bear carrying a piece of a broken chain around one wrist. The chain makes it limp a little when walking in the forest: a not so nice memory of the life as a dancing bear in the city. We hope you enjoy our version.

Tami: flute | Bonnie: fiddle | Steve: accordion
Andy: acoustic guitar | Mark: xe xe

Castle Kelly / Chelligh 
(traditional / song – traditional)
Pickpocket Polka (Bonnie Gregory,
Pickpocket Publishing, SOCAN)

Chelligh is a traditional Scottish piuirt-a-beul Bonnie learned from her friend Linda MacDonald. A pick in the pocket is worth more than two in the bush.

Tami: harmony vocal, flute | Bonnie: lead vocal, harp | Steve: accordion | Andy: acoustic guitar | Mark: djembe, shakers, triangle

Merrily Kiss the Quaker’s Wife / 
Timmy Clifford’s / After the Well (traditional / traditional / Bonnie Gregory, Pickpocket Publishing, SOCAN)

Andy kicks us off into this set of jigs. Bonnie learned Timmy Clifford’s from John Goodhelpsen. After the Well is another tune from 
up Bonnie’s sleeve.

Tami: flute | Bonnie: harp, fiddle | 
Steve: accordion | Andy: acoustic guitar, 
flying capo | Mark: bodhran, tube drums

Paddy Ryan’s Dream / The Ash Plant (both traditional)

A couple of very different reels that work nicely together!

Tami: flute | Bonnie: fiddle | 
Steve: accordion | Andy: bouzouki, acoustic guitar | Mark: tambourine, tube drums


(song – Buffy Ste. Marie, original title Johnny Be Fair)

Your Papa Don’t Know (Bonnie Gregory, Steven Bell, Tami Cooper, Out of the Woods Publishing, SOCAN)
The Black Nag (traditional)

Apparently, there is a version of this story /
situation / song in most cultures, and we’ve 
heard several, including the Caribbean version, 
“Your Papa Ain’t Your Papa, but Your Papa Don’t Know”.

Tami: lead vocal, flute | Bonnie: harmony vocal, fiddle | Steve: accordion | Andy: acoustic guitar | Mark: tube drums

The Billy chorus consists of Graeme Arnison, Kira Arnison, Rob Smith, Mark Arnison, Steven Bell, Tami Cooper and Bonnie Gregory


(Steven Bell, White Waves Music, SOCAN)
The Lee Shore (Steven Bell, White Waves Music, SOCAN)

The sea can be both 
a generous and a jealous mistress.

Tami: flute | Bonnie: fiddle | Steve: piano | 
Andy: acoustic guitar | Mark: djembe