Here is the Lyric from the filthy Song of Outlanders Episode 5 “Rent”
THE MAID GAED TO THE MILL (from Ewan MacColl)
The maid gaed to the mill by nicht
Hey, hey, sae wanton!
The maid gaed to the mill by nicht
Hey, sae wanton she
She swore by a’ the stars sae bricht
That she should hae her corn ground
She should hae her corn ground
Mill and multure free
Then oot and cam’ the miller’s man
Hey, hey, sae wanton!
Oot and cam’ the miller’s man
Hey, sae wanton he!
He swore he’d do the best he can
For to get her corn ground
For to get her corn ground
Mill and multure free
He put his hand about her neck
Hey, hey, sae wanton!
He put his hand about her neck
Hey, sae wanton he!
He flung her doon upon a sack
And there she got her corn ground
There she got her corn ground
Mill and multure free
When other maids gaed oot to play
Hey, hey, sae wanton!
When other maids gaed oot to play
Hey, sae wantonly!
She sighed and sobbed and wouldna stay
Because she’d got her corn ground
Because she’d got her corn ground
Mill and multure free
When forty weeks were past and gane
Hey, hey, sae wanton!
When forty weeks were past and gane
Hey, sae wantonly!
This lassie had a braw lad bairn
For gettin’ o’ her corn ground
Gettin’ o’ her corn ground
Mill and multure free
Her mither bid her cast it oot
Hey, hey, sae wanton!
Her mither bid her cast it oot
Hey, sae wantonly!
It was the miller’s dusty clout
For getting’ o’ her corn ground
Gettin’ o’ her corn ground
Mill and multure free
Her faither bade her keep it in
Hey, hey, sae wanton!
Her faither bade her keep it in
Hey, sae wantonly!
It was the chief o’ a’ her kin
Because she’d got her corn ground
Because she’d got her corn ground
Mill and multure free
Dougal will never live down the corn grinding remark, will he?
Bad boys!
Hi Norma
nice to see you here again..nope no Dougal without some Corn..and when i saw Corn i always have Dougal in my mind ? LG Heike
I guess this would be Dougal’s theme song, if he had his own show!
Boys will be boys!
That is very interesting! Thank you!
Hi Jan..for me it is his Theme Song ☺..Corn Corn Corn …LG Heike
any chance we can get a “translation” of this to 20th century english vernacular? LOL I think I get the jist, but am lost on a few of the gaelic words. Thanks!
Hi Terry
will try to find a english version..LG Heike
Damn! I wish I had figured out sooner that you can post your blog to Pinterest!
the whole blog ? i put a plugin on the blog to make it easier..not much on Pinterst myself ☺
Thank you for this! How did you ever figure it out and find it?!
Hi Traci..
just listen very carefully to the lyrics and then start some research with words like “Miller”, “Corn”, Folksongs.…found it some month ago but was not sure what to do with it ☺..glad you enjoy it…LG Heike
Great song x
But there is no Gaelic words in this song
Maybe you can translate it :)..this is the only version i found… LG Heike