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Lord Lovat

from Haunting by Christina Stewart

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A song whose origins are from just along the road from my home, at the seat of the Frasers of Lovat. There have been 16 Lords Lovat so far, since the title was created in in the 1400s and it's hard to know which one is remembered in this song. Could Lady Nancy Bell be Isabella Wemyss? Two Lords Lovat married ladies of that name and both enjoyed quite a bit of time together - one having several children during their marriage and the other being married for over 20 years before she passed away. The prophetic dream which brings Lord Lovat home just too late is the pivotal point in the song and a very common and strongly held conviction of people's belief about spirits and death even today as Iain explains in his track, "Echoes of the Future".

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Lord Lovat he stands at his stable door
He was brushing his milk-white steed
When who passed by, but Lady Nancy Bell
She was wishing her lover God speed
She was wishing her lover God speed

“Oh where are you going, Lord Lovat?” she cried
“Come promise, tell me true!”
“It’s over the sea, strange countries tae see,
Lady Nancy Bell, I’ll come and see you
Lady Nancy Bell, I’ll come and see”

O he wasnae awa but a year or twa
It had scarcely been three
When a mightiful dream cam intae his heid
“Lady Nancy Bell, I’ll come and see you
Lady Nancy Bell, I’ll come and see”

As he rade in by Keppleton Kirk
And doon by Mary Ha
A the ladies were weepin for her
A the ladies were weepin for

“Oh wha is deid?” Lord Lovat he cried
“Come promise, tell me true”
“Lady Nancy Bell died for her ain true love’s sake
An Lord Lovat it was his name
An Lord Lovat it was his name.”

He’s ordered the coffin tae be opened up
an the white sheet tae be drawn doon
An he’s kissed her on the cauld clay lips
And the tears cam trinklin doon
And the tears cam trinklin doon

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from Haunting, released October 31, 2011
Vocals: Christina Stewart
Guitar: Martin MacDonald

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Christina Stewart Scotland, UK

A voice described as the aural equivalent of ‘sweet, organic honey drizzling slowly from a honey wand’ in Dirty Linen magazine. Christina is a singer, teacher, tradition bearer and musical explorer, singing in Gaelic, Scots and English. She belongs to Inverness, the Highland capital, where the Gaelic and Scots heritages of the north of Scotland meet. ... more

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